Selected Stories from the Records of the Grand Historian

Author: Sima Qian
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: The author adapted sixty-four real-life records selected from the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) into simple and accessible vernacular Chinese. The tales include the healing of General Wei Shu by Bian Que, the moving music of the Yi River String, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shocking the world, and Liu Bang and Xiang Yu's confrontation at Hongmen. A Records of the Grand Historian is a timeless classic, an immortal treasure of China. It is hoped that readers, through reading these stories, will further understand and appreciate this great work, the Records of the Grand Historian.