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A Thorough Exploration in Historiography / <I>Shitong</I>
In the early eighth century, frustrated with the authorities but still hoping to gain immortality through his future oeuvre, the Tang court historian Liu Zhiji set out to write Shitong, in which he would rigorously...
ISBN: 9780295751061
more detailsGarden of Eloquence / Shuoyuan說苑
Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work, sponsored by the Modern Language Association In 17 BCE the Han dynasty archivist Liu Xiang presented to the throne a...
ISBN: 9780295995199
more detailsZuo Tradition / Zuozhuan左傳
Commentary on the "Spring and Autumn Annals"
Winner of the Patrick D. Hanan Book Prize for Translation (China and Inner Asia), sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan; sometimes called The Zuo Commentary) is China’s first great work of...
ISBN: 9780295999159
more detailsThe Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian’s Legacy
Sima Qian (first century BCE), the author of Record of the Historian (Shiji), is China’s earliest and best-known historian, and his "Letter to Ren An" is the most famous letter in Chinese history. In the...
ISBN: 9780295743646
more detailsChang'an 26 BCE
An Augustan Age in China
During the last two centuries BCE, the Western Han capital of Chang'an, near today's Xi'an in northwest China, outshone Augustan Rome in several ways while administering comparable numbers of imperial subjects and equally vast territories....
ISBN: 9780295994055
more detailsExemplary Figures / Fayan法言
Winner of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature, sponsored by the Modern Language Association Exemplary Figures (sometimes translated as Model Sayings) is an unabridged, annotated translation...
ISBN: 9780295992891
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