The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han ChinaThis 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. |
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The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser Limited preview - 1994 |
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attack biography in Shih Book of Documents capital Ch'i Ch'ien Mu Ch'in Ch'u Ch'u-pan-she Chang Chao Chavannes Cheng Cheng-yi Chi-chieh chih Chin China Chinese Ching Chou Chow Chung-hua Clan cognomens Commandery County in Honan Duke Duke Mu dynasty east enthroned Fei-pai feudal lords Grand Scribe Han dynasty Heaven Honan T'an Ch'i-hsiang Hsia Hsiang Liang Hsiang Yü Hsien Hsien-yang Hsin Hsü Huan Huang-ti Jung killed King Hsiang King of Han King Wu Kung land located Magistrate of P'ei Marquis Meng miles southwest Mount Mount Li north of modern Peking pen-chi Second Emperor Shang shu Shantung Shensi Shensi T'an Ch'i-hsiang Shih chi Chapter Shih chi chin-chu Shun So-yin southwest of modern SPPY Ssu-ma Ch'ien T'ang T'ien Taipei Ti-ming k'ao translation of Chapter troops Tso chuan vassals Wang Li-ch'i Wang Shu-min Wei River west of modern Yellow River yen-chiu Yüeh