Ssu-ma Ch ien : grand historian of China
1958, First Edition. New York : Columbia University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Spine of dust-wrapper sun-toned. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #476676
Physical description; xi, 276 pages 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246). Contents; The world of Ssu-ma Ch ien -- The biography of Ssu-ma Ch ien -- The beginnings of Chinese historiography -- The form of the Shih chi -- The thought of Ssu-ma Ch ien -- Appendix A. Selected translations from the Shih chi -- Appendix B. On the dating of Ssu-ma Ch ien's letter to Jen An. Subjects; Sima, Qian approximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 B.C. China Historiography. China.
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