The Grand Scribe S Records Volume Vii

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253049179

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and literature through the eleventh century A. D., and through the early twentieth century for some genres. Volume 7, The Memoirs of Pre_Han China, translates twenty-eight Lieh-chuan or "memoirs" which depict more than a hundred men and women: sages and scholars, recluses and rhetoricians, persuaders and politicians, commandants and cutthroats of the Ch'in and earlier dynasties. Although the memoirs also begin with what is now often considered myth—an account of the renowned recluses Po Yi and Shu Ch'i—the emphasis in these texts is on the fate of various states and power centers as seen through the biographies of key individuals from the seventh to the third centuries B. C.

Author : Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : China
ISBN : 0253340217

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The Grand Scribe's Records: The basic annals of pre-Han China by Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser Pdf

This project will result in the first complete translation of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe s Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Ssu-ma Ch ien (145-c.86 B.C.), who compiled the work, is known as the Herodotus of China. -- Publisher.

Author : Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0253340225

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The Grand Scribe's Records by Qian Sima,William H. Nienhauser Pdf

This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the style of the annals he had written for previous rulers. Here are accounts of the peasant who founded the dynasty, Liu Pang, a man noted as much for his licentiousness as he was his ruthless political instinct, and of his cruel wife, Empress Lÿ, who murdered her chief rival for Liu Pang's affections in the most gruesome manner. The annals of two relatively undistinguished emperors follow. The volume concludes with Ssu-ma's depiction of perhaps the greatest ruler of the Han, Emperor Wu, told within the context of his delusive attempts to find a means to achieve immortality. When completed this translation will bring all 130 chapters of the Shih chi into English. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0253043271

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VIII by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of The Grand Scribe's Records. The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first sustained empire in Chinese history. Although these men were often of common stock, they influenced the development of many aspects of the Han culture, a culture which in turn served as a model for subsequent eras. Based on oral and written accounts as well as on administrative records, these biographies range stylistically from anecdotal tales to repetitious reports of achievements in battle. The failure of the first five Han emperors to trust the loyalty of their subordinates is a leitmotif in many of these chapters. But the individual motifs that echo other sections of the Grand Scribe's Records—unrecognized heroes, both loyal and disloyal retainers, broken friendships, and faithless lovers—also appear in these pages.

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : China
ISBN : 0253039096

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume II by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 b.c. to ca. 100 b.c.) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In these later annals, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalized the style he had employed in accounts of previous rulers in the opening chapters of The Grand Scribe's Records. When this translation is completed, it will make available in English all 130 chapters of the Shih chi. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.

Author : Qian Sima
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 025334025X

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The Grand Scribe's Records by Qian Sima Pdf

The latest volume in the annotated translation of theshi chihone of the most important historical works of Ancient China

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004271852

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Ancient and Early Medieval Chinese Literature (vol. 3 & 4) by Anonim Pdf

The long-awaited, first Western-language reference guide, this work offers a wealth of information on writers, genres, literary schools and terms of the Chinese literary tradition from earliest times to the seventh century C.E. Indispensable for scholars and students of pre-modern Chinese literature, history, and thought. Part Three contains Xia - Y. Part Four contains the Z and an extensive index to the four volumes.

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253056795

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume X by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253048455

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu’s wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s postface containing a history of his family and himself.

Author : Ssu-ma Ch'ien
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253048400

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The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume IX by Ssu-ma Ch'ien Pdf

A remarkable document of ancient Chinese history: “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International This volume of The Grand Scribe’s Records includes the second segment of Han-dynasty memoirs and deals primarily with men who lived and served under Emperor Wu (r. 141–87 B.C.). The lead chapter presents a parallel biography of two ancient physicians, Pien Ch’üeh and Ts’ang Kung, providing a transition between the founding of the Han dynasty and its heyday under Wu. The account of Liu P’i is framed by the great rebellion he led in 154 B.C. and the remaining chapters trace the careers of court favorites, depict the tribulations of an ill-fated general, discuss the Han’s greatest enemy, the Hsiung-nu, and provide accounts of two great generals who fought them. The final memoir is structured around memorials by two strategists who attempted to lead Emperor Wu into negotiations with the Hsiung-nu, a policy that Ssu-ma Ch’ien himself supported.

Author : Tsung-i Jao
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004522572

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Space, Time, Myth, and Morals: A Selection of Jao Tsung-i’s Studies on Cosmological Thought in Early China and Beyond by Tsung-i Jao Pdf

The articles assembled in this volume present an important selection of Professor Jao Tsung-i’s research in the field of the early Chinese intellectual tradition, especially as it concerns the human condition. Whether his focus is on myth, religion, philosophy or morals, Jao consistently aims to describe how the series of developments broadly associated with the Axial Age unfolded in China. He is particularly interested in showing how early China had developed its own notion of transcendence as well as a system of prediction and morals that enabled man to act autonomously, without recourse to divine providence.

Author : Mei Ah Tan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-13
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000836660

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A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese by Mei Ah Tan Pdf

A Dictionary of High Frequency Function Words in Literary Chinese is the first comprehensive work on the subject that constitutes a new approach to teaching and learning by providing both a reference tool and a reader. This dictionary can serve both as a reference book and as an anthology for teaching and learning literary Chinese (the premodern written language) and both ancient and contemporary Chinese culture. It differs from the traditional design of dictionaries in that it includes detailed explanations, with examples, for different uses of the graphs most often used to represent function words in literary Chinese. To facilitate teaching and learning through association, the early meaning, extended meanings, and borrowed meanings for each graph are provided, along with explanations supported by the various stages of the historical development of the graph and other relevant research. Each word is grouped into the primary word class to which it belongs, based on its lexical or grammatical meanings, its collocations, and its function in a sentence. Modern idioms derived from words and phrases in the sample passages are provided in order to promote cultural knowledge and show the important role literary Chinese continues to play in everyday life. All Chinese words are provided with Putonghua romanization to facilitate learning and recall through sound; special pronunciations are explained. This book can be used as a textbook, as extended reading, or as a reference work for undergraduate or graduate classes on literary/classical Chinese, Chinese manuscript studies, Chinese language and culture, Putonghua, translation studies, or even linguistics. It can also be used as an anthology from which the teacher can select passages for students to study.

Author : Cheng Yi
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300245530

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The Yi River Commentary on the Book of Changes by Cheng Yi Pdf

A translation of a key commentary on perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China This book is a translation of a key commentary on the Book of Changes, or Yijing (I Ching), perhaps the most broadly influential text of classical China. The Yijing first appeared as a divination text in Zhou-dynasty China (ca. 1045–256 bce) and later became a work of cosmology, philosophy, and political theory as commentators supplied it with new meanings. While many English translations of the Yijing itself exist, none are paired with a historical commentary as thorough and methodical as that written by the Confucian scholar Cheng Yi, who turned the original text into a coherent work of political theory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814466790

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Tang Dynasty Tales by Anonim Pdf

Author : Zhiping Liang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811945106

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A Study of Legal Tradition of China from a Culture Perspective by Zhiping Liang Pdf

Professor Zhiping Liang offers a new understanding of Chinese legal tradition in this profoundly influential book. Unlike the available literature using the usual method of legal history research, this book attempts to illustrate ancient Chinese legal tradition through cultural interpretation. The author holds that both the concept and practice of law are meaningful cultural symbols. The law reveals not only the life pattern in a specific time and space but also the world of the mind of a specific group of people. Therefore, just as cultures have different types, laws embedded in different societies and cultures also have different characters and spirits. Believing that human experience is often condensed into concepts, categories, and classifications, the author begins his discussion with the analysis of relevant terms and then seeks to understand history by interpreting the interaction and interconnectedness of the words, ideas, and practices. Based on the same understanding, the author uses modern concepts reflectively and critically, consciously exploiting the differences between ancient and contemporary Chinese and Western concepts to achieve a more realistic understanding of history while avoiding the ethnocentrism and modern-centrism common in historical studies.