Author | : Qian Sima |
File Size | : 42,6 Mb |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 25 April 1993 |
ISBN | : 0231081650 |
Pages | : 542 pages |
Records of the Grand Historian by Qian Sima Book PDF Summary
Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties.