The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII

These volumes are most welcome. . . . The English translation has been done meticulously, with full scholarly apparatus. . . . These volumes are essential library additions. * Choice * [T]he Grand Scribe's Records volume 8 is a remarkable achievement and an interesting experiment in combining something resembling a traditional Chinese commentarial style with a Western scholarly context. . . . And, as with previous volumes, the intrepid beginner or the careful specialist will find volume 8 to be ahelpful aid to research on the Shiji. * China Review International *

Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-ca. 86 BC) served for several decades as a high official at the court of the Han Emperor Wu around the year 100 BC. As China's greatest historian, he overcame political and personal conflicts to complete this huge narrative account of ancient China, from its beginnings through the end of the second century BC. William H. Nienhauser, Jr., is Halls-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Classical Chinese Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature (two volumes, Indiana University Press, 1985, 1998), (as translator) Chinese Literature, Ancient and Classical by Andre Levy (Indiana University Press, 2000), and (as editor and translator) the previous volumes of The Grand Scribe's Records. He is a founding editor of the journal Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR).

Dedication Acknowledgements Introduction On Using This Book A Note on Chronology Weights and Measures List of Abbreviations Po Yi, Memoir Kuan Yi-wu and Yen Ying, Memoir Lao Tzu and Han Fei, Memoir Marshal Jang-chu, Memoir Sun Tzu and Wu Ch'i, Memoir Wu Tzu Hsu, Memoir Confiucius's Disciples, Memoir The Lord of Shang, Memoir Su Ch'in, Memoir Chang Yi, Memoir Shu-li Tzu and Kan Mao, Memoir The Marquis of Jang, Memoir Pai Ch'i and Wang Chien, Memoir Meng Tzu and Excellency Hsun, Memoir The Lord of Meng-ch'ang, Memoir The Lord of P'ing-yuan and Excellency Yu, Memoir The Noble Scion of Wei, Memoir The Lord of Ch'un-shen, Memoir Fan Sui and Ts'ai Tse, Memoir Yueh Yi, Memoir Lien P'o and Lin Hsiang-ju, Memoir T'ien Tan, Memoir Lu Chung Lien and Tsou Yang, Memoir Ch'u Yuan and Scholar Chia, Memoir Lu Pu-wei, Memoir The Assassin-Retainers, Memoir Li Ssu, Memoir Meng T'ien, Memoir Bibliography Index Maps