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Sima Qian
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Records of the Grand Historian |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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505 |
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1993-04-15 |
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0231081669 |
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Columbia University Press |
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1.8 pounds |
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6.0 x 9.0 x 1.4 inches |
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Revised |
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Product Description
This second 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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