The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI The Memoirs of Han China, Part IV |
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| Author:
| Ch'ien, Ssu-Ma |
| Editor:
| Nienhauser, William |
| Translator:
| Nienhauser, William
Baccini, Guilia
Barenghi, Maddalena
Durrant, Stephen
Leese-Messing, Kathrin
Luhn, Clara
Pöllath, Jakob
Shaughnessy, Edward
van Ess, Hans |
| Series title: | The Memoirs of Han China Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-04844-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2019 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
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Book Description:
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Part of the extraordinary multi-volume portrait of ancient China written by a court official of the Han Dynasty. 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,...
More Description Part of the extraordinary multi-volume portrait of ancient China written by a court official of the Han Dynasty.
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.
Praise for the series:
"[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology." --China Review International
"The English translation has been done meticulously." --Choice