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Records of the Grand Historian

Han dynasty, volume II

Sima Qian / Translated by Burton Watson

English , 1993/01 Renditions Books Research Centre for Translation, CUHK

Tags: Literature

235 x 157 mm , 524pp ISBN / ISSN : 978-0231-08166-5

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Sima Qian (145?-90? BC) is the first major Chinese historian. His Records of the Grand Historian chronicles the history of China and much of the adjacent world from the remote past to his own time. These three volumes contain a new translation of the history of the Qin dynasty (221-206 BC) and a revised version of the Han dynasty (from 206 up to c. 90 BC) portion of the Records. Western readers will value this book not only for its historical importance, but perhaps even more for Sima Qian's warm interest in people. Burton Watson is a world-renowned translator of Chinese and Japanese literature. 'Burton Watson's elegant renditions will continue to be useful, especially when readers are primarily interested in the Shiji as literature.' —CLEAR

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