Records of the Historian : Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-Ma Ch'Ien

Presents a translation of a major portion of key chapters of the Records of the Historian to give a sense of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's work as a whole. Foreword Contents Introduction Translator’s Note on the Text Shih chi 61: The Biography of Po Yi and Shu Ch’i Shih chi 66: Τ he Biography of Wu Tzu-hsü Shih chi 82: The Biography of T’ien Tan Shih chi 85: The Biography of Lü Pu-wei Shih chi 86: The Biographies of the Assassin-Retainers Shih chi 7: The Basic Annals of Hsiang Yü Shih chi 8: The Basic Annals of Emperor Kao-tsu Shih chi 16 (excerpt): Reflections on the Rise of Emperor Kao-tsu Shih chi 53: The Hereditary House of Prime Minister Hsiao Shih chi 55: The Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu (Chang Liang) Shih chi 92: The Biography of the Marquis of Huai-yin (Han Ηsin) Shih chi 97: The Biographies of Li I-chi and Lu Chia Shih chi 99: The Biographies of Liu Ching and Shu-sun T’ung Shih chi 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals Shih chi 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Wei-ch’i and Wu-an Shih chi 109: The Biography of General Li Kuang Shih chi 123: The Account of Ta-yüan Shih chi 122: The Biographies of the Harsh Officials Shih chi 120: The Biographies of the Money-makers