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Informationen zum Autor Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 86 B.C.) was a major official in the Western Han dynasty. China's greatest historian, he overcame tragedy to complete this work, compiling the history of his culture from its beginnings through the end of the second century B.C.William H. Nienhauser, Jr. is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes, IUP, 1985; 1998) and (as translator) Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical by André Levy (IUP, 2000). He was a founding editor of the journal Chinese Literature, Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR). Klappentext Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 86 B.C.) was a major official in the Western Han dynasty. China's greatest historian! he overcame tragedy to complete this work! compiling the history of his culture from its beginnings through the end of the second century B.C.William H. Nienhauser! Jr. is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes! IUP! 1985; 1998) and (as translator) Chinese Literature! Ancient and Classical by Andr¿evy (IUP! 2000). He was a founding editor of the journal Chinese Literature! Essays! Articles! Reviews (CLEAR). Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroduction (William H. Nienhauser, Jr.)On Using this BookA Note on TermsWeights and Measures (Lu Zongli)List of AbbreviationsHereditary House 1 (Zhi Chen and William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translators)Hereditary House 2 (Bruce Knickerbocker, translator)Hereditary House 3 (Weiguo Cao, translator)Hereditary House 4 (Hongyu Huang, translator)Hereditary House 5 (William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translator)Hereditary House 6 (Wang Jing, translator)Hereditary House 7 (Scott Cook, translator)Hereditary House 8 (Zhenjun Zhang, translator)Hereditary House 9 (Zhao Hua and William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translators)Hereditary House 10 (Weiguo Cao, translator)Frequently Mentioned CommentatorsBiographical Sketches of Shih chi Commentators (Juri Kroll)Selected Recent Studies of the Shih chiIndexMaps...
