Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty, Volume 2

ISBN-13: 9780231081672 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 505 str.

Ch'ien Ssu-Ma; Qian Sima; Qian Sima Qian

Opis

This second volume of the history of the Han dynasty consists of chapters dealing principally with the reign of Emperor Wu, one of the most energetic and strong-willed of China's Rulers. Here the historian is chronicling events he has witnessed and writing of the men he personally knows or has known. In Nagano Hozan's (1783-1837) words, He makes us see in our minds the character of the men of the time, and this is why he is a great historian.: