Records of the Grand Historian

Nonfiction, History, Asian, Asia
Cover of the book Records of the Grand Historian by Qian Sima, Columbia University Press
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Author: Qian Sima ISBN: 9780231521079
Publisher: Columbia University Press Publication: February 10, 2011
Imprint: Columbia University Press Language: English
Author: Qian Sima
ISBN: 9780231521079
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication: February 10, 2011
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Language: English

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.:

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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.:

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