BOOKS
Qian, Sima / Watson, Burton (transl.).
Records of the Grand Historian. Volume I: Han Dynasty (revised edition).
New York Hong Kong, Columbia University Press, 1993.
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Softcover, xxvii+496pp., 15x22,5cm., in very good condition (covers with light traces of use, very faint smell of tobacco). ISBN: 9780231081658. "Records of civilization: sources and studies, number LXV".
Itemnummer 16167 
Sima Qian (145?-90? BC) 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.