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Pages: 505
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Publication Date: 15 February 1996
Trim Size: 6.75 X 7.70 in
ISBN: 9780231081672
Format: Paperback
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HISTORY / Asia / Central Asia, HISTORY / Asia / General, REFERENCE / Research
Burton Watson...possesses all the qualities which distinguish a master translator. As a craftsman and as a poet, he has inspired and challenged two generations.
Burton Watson is a renowned translator of Chinese and Japanese literature and an Adjunct Professor of Chinese and Japanese at Columbia University. His recent translations include Ryokan: Zen-Monk Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry. He lives in Japan.

Introduction
Translator's Note
Part I: Heaven, Earth and Man
Shi ji 28: The Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices
Shi ji 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals
Shi ji 30: The Treatise on the Balanced Standard
Part II: Statesman, Generals and Foreign Peoples
Shi ji 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Weiqi and Quan
Shi ji 109: The Biography of General Li Guang
Shi ji 110: The Account of the Xiongnu
Shi ji 111: The Biographies of General Wei Qing and the Swift Cavalry General Hup Qubing
Shi ji 112: The Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu Yan
Shi ji 113: The Account of Southern Yue
Shi ji 114: The Account of Eastern Yue
Shi ji 115: The Account of Chaoxian
Shi ji 123: THe Account of Dayuan
Shi ji 116: The Account of the Southwestern Barbarians
Shi ji 117: The Biography of SIma Xiangru
Shi ji 120: The Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi
Part III: The Plotters of Revolt
Shi ji 118: The Biographies of the Kings of Huainan and Hengshan
Part IV: The Collective Biographies
Shi ji 121: The Biographies of the Confucian Scholars
Shi ji 119: The Biographies of the Reasonable Officials
Shi ji 122: The Biographies of the Harsh Officials
Shi ji 124: The Biographies of the Wandering Knights
Shi ji 125: The Biographies of the Emperors' Male Favourites
Shi ji 127: The Biographies of the Diviners of Lucky Days
Shi ji 129: The Biographies of the Money-makers
Finding List of Chapters of the Shi ji
Index
Map
China and Its Neighbours in the Former Han