Records of the Historian: Chapters from the Shih Chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien

by Sima Qian, Burton Watson (translator), William Theodore de Bary (editor)

Paperback - 1969 edition, translated by Burton Watson. Light edgewear to the cover. Foxing on the page block and some page edges. Name of former owner penned on half title page. All text is clear and the binding is sound. CM

Genres: History, China

362 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 1969

About the author

Sima Qian (Szu-ma Chien; 司馬遷 c. 145 or 135 BC – 86 BC) was a Chinese historian of the Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his work, the Records of the Grand Historian, a Jizhuanti-style (纪传体) general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to his time, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. Although he worked as the Court Astrologer (Chinese: 太史令; Tàishǐ Lìng), later generations refer to him as the Grand Historian (Chinese: 太史公; taishigong or tai-shih-kung) for his monumental work. (Wikipedia)

Reviews

[W L]

If I can help it, I will read this book in Chinese. And if that proves impossible, I will go with Burton Watson's translation.