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Published	April 7, 2020
ISBN-13	9780253050526
Language	English
Pages	378
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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X

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Author: Ssu-ma Ch'ien
ISBN: 9780253050526

Volume X: The Memoirs of Han China, Part III

By Ssu-ma Ch'ien Edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
Translated by Chiu Ming Chan, Thomas D. Noel, Marc Nürnberger, Jakob Pöllath, Andreas Siegl and Lianlian Wu

Indiana University Press

In The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume X, readers can follow Ssu-ma Qian's depiction of the later years of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 140–87 BC). The volume begins with four chapters describing the Han's attempts to subdue states north, east, south and west of the empire. The subsequent long biography of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (179–117) presents one of the era's major literary figures who came to oppose the Emperor's expensive military campaigns against these states. It is followed by an equally extended portrayal of Liu An (d. 122), King of Huai-nan, who was seen as an internal threat and forced to commit suicide. The final chapters recount narratives of the ideal officials (all predating the Han) and the Confucians the Emperor championed.

About the Authors

Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145–ca. 86 BC) served for several decades as a high official at the court of the Han Emperor Wu around the year 100 BC. As China's greatest historian, he overcame political and personal conflicts to complete this huge narrative account of ancient China, from its beginnings through the end of the second century BC. William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes, Indiana University Press, 1985, 1998), (as translator) Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical by André Lévy (Indiana University Press, 2000), and (as editor and translator) the previous six volumes of The Grand Scribe's Records. He is a founding editor of the journal Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR).

Reviews

"This volume is a highly valuable addition to this well-established series. When read against the original text of the Shiji, these translations, the notes, and all the other material provided by the translators and the editor will serve as inspiring points of departure for further explorations in the wider field of Chinese history and literature."—Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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

Publisher	Indiana University Press
BISAC Subject Headings	HISTORY / Asia / China (207 Titles) LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Chinese (20 Titles)

Format	Hardback
Published	April 7, 2020
ISBN-13	9780253050526
Language	English
Pages	378
Height	9.25 Inches (US)
Width	6.13 Inches (US)
Unit weight	1.68 Pounds (US)
List Prices	$60.00 USD, £47.00 GBP
ONIX	v2.1 Reference

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