Records of the Grand Historian [Hardcover]

Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.Introduction
Translator's Note on Text
Shi ji 5: The Basic Annals of Qin
Shi ji 6: The Basic Annals of The First Emperor of the Qin
Shi ji 15: Reflections on the Rise of the Qin
Shi ji 68: The Biography of Lord Shang
SHi ji 71: The Biographies of Shuli Zi and Gan Mou
Shi ji 72: The Biography of the Marquis of Rang
Shi ji 73: The Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian
Shi ji 79: The Biographies of Fan Ju and Cai Ze
Shi ji 85: The Biography of Lu Buwei
Shi ji 86: The Biographies of the Assassin-retainers (Excerpt)
Shi ji 87: The Biography of Li Si
Shi ji 88: The Biography of Meng Tian
Shi ji 126: The Biographies of Wits and Humorists (Excerpt)
Appendix 1: Shi ji 48: The Hereditary House of Chen She
Appendix 2: Sima Qian's Letter to Ren An
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