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Ssu-ma Ch'ien, Ssu-Ma Ch''ien, Jr. Nienhauser, William Nienhauser Jr

Grand Scribe''s Records, Volume XI - The Memoirs of Han China, Part IV

English · Hardback

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu's wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ssu-ma Ch'ien's postface containing a history of his family and himself.

About the author

Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 86 BC) was an official at the court of the Han Emperor Wu (r. 141-87 BC), who was involved in the compilation of a mammoth historical project that resulted in this history, which came to be known as the Shih chi (The grand scribe's records).
William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and editor of five previous volumes of The Grand Scribe's Records.

Summary

This volume presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's history, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu's wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ch'ien's postface containing a history of his family and himself.

Product details

Authors	Ssu-ma Ch'ien, Ssu-Ma Ch''ien
Assisted by	Jr. Nienhauser (Editor), William Nienhauser Jr (Editor), Guilia Baccini (Translation), Maddalena Barenghi (Translation), Stephen Durrant (Translation), Kathrin Leese-Messing (Translation), Clara Luhn (Translation), Jr. Nienhauser (Translation), Jakob Poellath (Translation), Jakob Pollath (Translation), Edward Shaughnessy (Translation)
Publisher	Indiana University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	31.08.2019

EAN	9780253046109
ISBN	978-0-253-04610-9
No. of pages	360
Subjects	Fiction > Mixed anthologies Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

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