The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China

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Indiana University Press, 1994 - China - 251 pages
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.

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Acknowledgements
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On Using This Book
xxiii
Weights and Measures
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