Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song - The Father of History in Pre-Modern China

In Father of Chinese History, Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties (100 BCE-1200 CE).

About the author

Esther Sunkyung Klein, Ph.D. (2010), Princeton University, is a lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney and a visiting researcher (2018) in the Department of Philosophy at the Australian National University. She also researches topics in early Chinese philosophy and medieval Chinese historiography.

Product details

• Authors: Esther S Klein, Esther S. Klein
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2018
• EAN: 9789004372931
• ISBN: 978-90-04-37293-1
• No. of pages: 452
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 789 g
• Series: Studies in the History of Chin
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries