THE GRAND SCRIBE'S RECORDS, VOLUME V. 1 The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I

Ch'ien, Ssu-Ma & Jr. William H. Nienhauser & Weiguo Cao & Zhi Chen & Scott Cook & Hongyu Huang & Bruce Knickerbocker & Wang Jin & Zhang Zhenju & Zhao Hua

ISBN 10: 025334025X / ISBN 13: 9780253340252

Editore: Indiana University Press, 2006

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• Titolo: THE GRAND SCRIBE'S RECORDS, VOLUME V. 1 The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 025334025X
• ISBN 13: 9780253340252
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Near Fine
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Near Fine

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Riassunto

With Part I of the two-part fifth volume of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s Shi chi (The Grand Scribe’s Records), we enter the world of the shih chia or "hereditary houses." These ten chapters trace the history of China’s first states, from their establishment in the 11th century B.C. until their incorporation in the first empire under the Ch’in in 221 B.C. Combining myth, anecdote, chronicle, and biography based on early written and oral sources, many no longer extant, the narratives make for compelling reading, as dramatic and readable as any in this grand history.

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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).