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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X

Volume X: The Memoirs of Han China, Part III

Ssu-ma Ch'ien author Jakob Pöllath translator Hans van Ess translator Chiu Ming Chan translator Thomas D Noel translator Marc Nürnberger translator Andreas Siegl translator William H Nienhauser editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:7th Apr '20

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In The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume X, readers can follow Ssu-ma Qian's depiction of the later years of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 140–87 BC). The volume begins with four chapters describing the Han's attempts to subdue states north, east, south and west of the empire. The subsequent long biography of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (179–117) presents one of the era's major literary figures who came to oppose the Emperor's expensive military campaigns against these states. It is followed by an equally extended portrayal of Liu An (d. 122), King of Huai-nan, who was seen as an internal threat and forced to commit suicide. The final chapters recount narratives of the ideal officials (all predating the Han) and the Confucians the Emperor championed.

This volume is a highly valuable addition to this well-established series. When read against the original text of the Shiji, these translations, the notes, and all the other material provided by the translators and the editor will serve as inspiring points of departure for further explorations in the wider field of Chinese history and literature.

* Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *

The English translation has been done meticulously, with full scholarly apparatus. . . . These volumes are essential library additions.

* Choi

ISBN: 9780253050526

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 762g

378 pages