Records of the Grand Historian: Qin dynasty, Volume 1Columbia University Press, 1993 - 243 pages Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties. |
Contents
The Basic Annals of Qin | 1 |
The Basic Annals of The First Emperor of the Qin | 35 |
Reflections on the Rise of the Qin | 85 |
The Biography of Lord Shang | 89 |
The Biographies Of Shuli Zi and Gan Mou | 101 |
The Biography of the Marquis of Rang | 113 |
The Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian | 121 |
The Biographies of Fan Ju and Cai Ze | 131 |
The Biography of Lu Buwei | 159 |
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