Illustrated Shi Ji (Complete Set of Four Volumes)

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Publish Date: 1997-07-01
Features: Records of the Grand Historian, originally titled "Records of the Grand Historian." Authored by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, it consists of 130 chapters and is China's first chronicle-style general history. It was completed around the years of the first and second Taichu reign of Emperor Wu of Han (104 BC - 91 BC), covering events from the legendary emperors to Emperor Wu of Han, with a total span of about 3,000 years. It is particularly detailed about the Warring States period, the Qin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty. The style divides biographies into annals and biographies, uses eight treatises to record the evolution of institutions, and establishes ten tables to trace the context of historical events, which has been adopted by later dynasties' historical works.