| The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume V.1: The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han China, Part I Contributor(s): Ch'ien, Ssu-Ma (Author), Nienhauser, William H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0253039568 ISBN-13: 9780253039569 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $59.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - China - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 931.04 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.26 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With Part I of the two-part fifth volume of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), we enter the world of the shih chia or hereditary houses. These ten chapters trace the history of China's first states, from their establishment in the 11th century B.C. until their incorporation in the first empire under the Ch'in in 221 B.C. Combining myth, anecdote, chronicle, and biography based on early written and oral sources, many no longer extant, the narratives make for compelling reading, as dramatic and readable as any in this grand history. |
