The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume II The Basic Annals of the Han Dynasty [Hardcover]

This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma ChiensShih chi (The Grand Scribes Records), widely acknowledged as the most important history of early China, contains the basic annals of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. When this translation is completed, it will make available in English all 130 chapters of the Shih chi. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
On Using This Book
Weights and Measures
List of Abbreviations
The Exalted Emperor, Basic Annals 8
Empress Dowager L?, Basic Annals 9
The Filial and Cultured [Emperor], Basic Annals 10
The Filial and Luminous [Emperor], Basic Annals 11
The Filial and Martial [Emperor], Basic Annals 12
Frequently Mentioned Commentators
Biographical Sketches of Shih chi Commentators
Glossary
Shih chi Chi-chieh Preface
Ssu-k'u ch'?an-shu Resumes on Shih chi and Shih chi Chi-chieh
Recent Studies of the Shi chi
Index
Maps

Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145ca. 86 BC), China's greatest historian and an important official in the Han dynasty, compiled the history of his culture from its beginnings through the end of the second century BC.

William H. Nienhauser, Jr., editor and cotranslator, is Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1979 he helped found the journalChinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR)and has edited it since. He has published a number of articles and books on traditional Chinese literature, includingThe Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature.