Records of the Grand Historian (Qin Dynasty) ISBN 962-7255-21-1

ISBN 962-7255-21-1

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Records of the Grand Historian (Qin Dynasty) ISBN 962-7255-21-1By Sima Qian Translated by Burton Watson 1993 Co published with Columbia University Press xviii + 221 pages ISBN 0231 08168 5 Sima Qian (145?90? BC) is the first major Chinese historian. His Shi ji, or Records of the Grand Historian, records the history of China and much of the adjacent world from the remote past to his own time. These three volumes contain a new translation of the history of the Qin dynasty (221206 BC) and a revised version of the