Records of the Historian. Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien.
New York. Columbia University Press. 1969. Stock ID #213361 "To 18 chapters and a brief excerpt dealing with the Han dynasty and published earlier in Records of the Grand Historian of China (2 vols., 1961) are here added five chapters pertaining to the preceding Chou and Ch'in dynasties. The purpose of the selection is to suggest to the reader something of the form and content of the first great Chinese historical work, to indicate the type of material Ssu-ma Ch'ien presents and his methods of presentation, and to allow the reader to enjoy some of the more famous and highly praised passages in a book dear to many generations of Chinese readers." Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213361.
Translated by Burton Watson. 356pp, some shelf wear on covers, lightly foxed endpapers and edges, spine sunned, otherwise good paperback copy.
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