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Records of the Grand Historian. Qin dynasty by Sima, Qian; Watson, Burton is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This volume of the history of the Han dynasty consists of chapters dealing principally with the reign of Emperor Wu, one of the most energetic and strong-willed of China's Rulers. Here the historian is chronicling events he has witnessed and writing of the men he personally knows or has known. In Nagano Hozan's (1783-1837) words, He makes us see in our minds the character of the men of the time, and this is why he is a great historian.:
Who reads Records of the Grand Historian. Qin dynasty?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sima, Qian; Watson, Burton
- Publisher
- Research Centre for Translation, Chinese University of Hong Kong ; Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231521079
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.28 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I (1993)
- 史记 点校本二十四史修订本 第10册 10 (2014)
- 史记全译 第6册,卷61至卷80 (2001)
- The Grand Scribe's Records, Vol. 7: The Memoirs of Pre-Han China (Volume VII) (1994)
- Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II (1993)
- Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty I [INCOMPLETE] (1993)
- Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty II (1996)
- The Grand Scribe's Records - Volume VII The Memoirs of Pre-Han China 7 (1995)
- Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty (1993)
- Records of the grand historian of China. Volume 1, Early years of the Han Dynasty, 209 to 141 B.C (1993)
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