The Grand Scribe's Records - Volume VII The Memoirs of Pre-Han China 7

A new volume in a new annotated translation of The Grand Scribe's Records, one of the most important histories of Ancient China

This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and literature through the eleventh century A. D., and through the early twentieth century for some genres.

Volume 7, The Memoirs of Pre_Han China, translates twenty-eight Lieh-chuan or "memoirs" which depict more than a hundred men and women: sages and scholars, recluses and rhetoricians, persuaders and politicians, commandants and cutthroats of the Ch'in and earlier dynasties. Although the memoirs also begin with what is now often considered myth — an account of the renowned recluses Po Yi and Shu Ch'i — the emphasis in these texts is on the fate of various states and power centers as seen through the biographies of key individuals from the seventh to the third centuries B. C.

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Translates 28 lieh-chuan or "memoirs" which depict more than a hundred men and women: sages, scholars, politicians, commanders, and cutthroats of the Ch'in and earlier dynasties. The memoirs begin with what is now considered myth--an account of the recluses Po Yi and Shu Ch'i--but the emphasis in these texts is on the fate of various states and power centers as seen through the biographies of key individuals from the 7th to the 3rd centuries BC. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and literature through the eleventh century A. D., and through the early twentieth century for some genres. Volume 7, The Memoirs of Pre Han China, translates twenty-eight Lieh-chuan or "memoirs" which depict more than a hundred men and women: sages and scholars, recluses and rhetoricians, persuaders and politicians, commandants and cutthroats of the Ch'in and earlier dynasties. Although the memoirs also begin with what is now often considered myth--an account of the renowned recluses Po Yi and Shu Ch'i--the emphasis in these texts is on the fate of various states and power centers as seen through the biographies of key individuals from the seventh to the third centuries B. C. The Grand ......Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS ......Page 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ......Page 5 INTRODUCTION ......Page 7 ON USING THIS BOOK ......Page 13 A NOTE ON CHRONOLOGY ......Page 17 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ......Page 23 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......Page 27 VOLUME VII ......Page 35 II. Studies ......Page 44 居巢.20 ......Page 88 2. ......Page 101 6. ......Page 103 (5/8) ......Page 104 8. ......Page 106 10. ......Page 110 11. ......Page 111 12. ......Page 112 22. ......Page 115 Yen K'uai's 顏嗜 agnomen was TzU'Sheng 子聲. ......Page 120 Ch!u Yiian and Scholar Chia, Memoir 24 Ch'u Yuan ......Page 331 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY ......Page 405 INDEX ......Page 413 "This project will result in the first complete translation of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe s Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Ssu-ma Ch ien (145-c.86 B.C.), who compiled the work, is known as the Herodotus of China"--Publisher