Full Translation of "Zizhi Tongjian" with Classical and Modern Chinese Comparison

Author: Zhang Hongru/Shen Zhihua
Publisher: Reform Press
Publication Date: 1995-08-01
Features: The book Zizhi Tongjian begins with the 23rd year of King Weilie of Zhou (403 BC) and ends with the 6th year of Xingde in the Later Zhou Dynasty (959 AD), covering a total of 1,362 years of history. The entire work is organized chronologically, recording events year by year and day by day, meticulously documenting the complex and intricate historical facts of over a thousand years. It is indeed one of the most extensive projects in ancient Chinese historical texts and also a significant new achievement and outstanding representative of ancient Chinese annalistic historiography.