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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 8: The Memoirs of Han China, Part I

Autor Ch'ien Ssu-Ma Editat de Jr. Nienhauser, William H., Reinhard Emmerich
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2008
The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of The Grand Scribe's Records. The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first sustained empire in Chinese history. Although these men were often of common stock, they influenced the development of many aspects of the Han culture, a culture which in turn served as a model for subsequent eras. Based on oral and written accounts as well as on administrative records, these biographies range stylistically from anecdotal tales to repetitious reports of achievements in battle. The failure of the first five Han emperors to trust the loyalty of their subordinates is a leitmotif in many of these chapters. But the individual motifs that echo other sections of the Grand Scribe's Records - unrecognized heroes, both loyal and disloyal retainers, broken friendships, and faithless lovers - also appear in these pages.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253340283
ISBN-10: 0253340284
Pagini: 449
Dimensiuni: 165 x 239 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.84 kg
Editura: Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Acknowledgments; Introduction; On Using This Book; Weights and Measures; List of AbbreviationsMemoir 29 (William H. Nienhauser, Jr. , translator); Memoir 30 (Stephen Durrant, translator); Memoir 31 (Meghan Cai and Qian Liu, translators); Memoir 32 (Wang Jing, translator); Memoir 33 (Reinhard Emmerich, translator); Memoir 34 (Zhao Hua, translator); Memoir 35 (William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translator); Memoir 36 (William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translator); Memoir 37 (Hans van Ess, translator); Memoir 38 (Michael Schimmelpfennig, translator); Memoir 39 (Christian Meyer, translator); Memoir 40 (Judith Suwald, translator); Memoir 41 (Marc Nurnberger, translator); Memoir 42 (Hans van Ess, translator); Memoir 43 (Wang Jing, translator); Memoir 44 (Hans van Ess, translator)Frequently Mentioned Commentators; Biographical Sketches of Shih chi Commentators (Erich Haenisch and Liu Po-chuang); Erratum; Selected Recent Studies of the Shih chi; Index

Recenzii

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

Notă biografică

Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145 ca. 86 BC), China's greatest historian and an important official in the Han dynasty, compiled the history of his culture from its beginnings through the end of the 2nd century BCE. William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin Madison."

Descriere

The latest volume in the annotated translation of the shi chih, one of the most important historical works of Ancient China