Historical records / Sima Qian ; translated with an introduction and notes by Raymond Dawson.

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The Historical Records or Shiji is a vast history of the Chinese world from its beginnings up to the late second century BC. Its author, the Grand Historiographer Sima Qian (c. 145-86 BC), is the most famous Chinese historian and a great writer whose work has powerfully influenced Chinese and other...

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Uniform Title:Shi ji. Selections. English
World's classics.
Main Author: Sima, Qian, approximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 B.C
Other Authors: Dawson, Raymond
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Chinese
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Series:World's classics.
Subjects:
China > History > To 221 B.C.
China > History > Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
China > History > Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
China > History, B.C. 1028 - 420
Physical Description:xxv, 176 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Format: Book

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