The Grand Scribe's Records, Volumen2Indiana University Press, 1994 - 416 páginas This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the style of the annals he had written for previous rulers. Here are accounts of the peasant who founded the dynasty, Liu Pang, a man noted as much for his licentiousness as he was his ruthless political instinct, and of his cruel wife, Empress Lÿ, who murdered her chief rival for Liu Pang's affections in the most gruesome manner. The annals of two relatively undistinguished emperors follow. The volume concludes with Ssu-ma's depiction of perhaps the greatest ruler of the Han, Emperor Wu, told within the context of his delusive attempts to find a means to achieve immortality. When completed this translation will bring all 130 chapters of the Shih chi into English. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994. |
Contenido
Acknowledgements | ix |
On Using This Book | xlix |
List of Abbreviations Ivii | lvii |
The Exalted Emperor Basic Annals 8 William H Nienhauser Jr | 12 |
Empress Dowager Lü Basic Annals 9 William H Nienhauser Jr | 105 |
The Filial and Cultured Emperor Basic Annals 10 Cao Weiguo | 145 |
The Filial and Luminous Emperor Basic Annals 11 Scott W Galer | 195 |
The Filial and Martial Emperor Basic Annals 12 David W Pankenier | 219 |
Frequently Mentioned Commentators | 261 |
Glossary | 269 |
Shih chi Chichieh Preface William H Nienhauser Jr | 289 |
307 | |
Index | 317 |
Maps 343 | |
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