10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SSU-MA CH'IEN»
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Records of the Historian; Chapters from the Shih Chi
Drawing on extensive new archival research, the book interrogates anew a range of myths long accepted without question (and still in circulation) concerning, to cite only a few, the extent of homophobia in the 1920s, the strategic ...
Qian Sima, Burton Watson, Kametarō Takigawa, 1969
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FIFTY KEY THINKERS ON HISTORY
Kroll, J. L., 'Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Literary Theory and Literary Practice',
Altorientalische Forshungen, 1976, 4: 313–25. Li, W. Y., 'The Idea of Authority in
the Shih chi (Records of the Historian)', HarvardJournal ofAsiatic Studies, 1994,
54(2): ...
Marnie Hughes-Warrington, 2007
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Ancient China and Its Enemies: The Rise of Nomadic Power in ...
Ethnography of the Hsiung-nu It is possible that Ssu-ma Ch'ien might have been
regarded as a "bar- barophile" by his contemporaries. In reporting the well-known
apology for the Hsiung-nu allegedly made by Chung-hang Yiieh, Ssu-ma ...
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The Grand Scribe's Records: The Hereditary Houses of Pre-Han ...
important by Ssu-ma Ch'ien as adapting to native social customs and codes,
encouraging profits from commerce, the production of crafts, and the fishing and
salt industries. Ssu-ma Ch'ien also maintains that King Ch'eng J$ of Chou (r. ca.
Ssu-Ma Ch'ien, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., 2006
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The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese Literature
Li Chang-chin, the most original biographer of Ssu-ma Ch'ien, sees a certain
conflict between the great historian's "romantic" and "classical" inclinations. This
interpretation is useful in understanding the complex author of Shih-chi.
William H. Nienhauser, 1986
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Redefining History: Ghosts, Spirits, and Human Society in ...
The ironic contrast of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's suffering and his literary fame after death
was always a source of inspiration and hope for traditional Chinese intellectuals.
Cultivated in the noble tradition of history writing and motivated by his own ...
Chun-shu Chang, Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang, 1998
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Confucius: His Life and Thought
chapter 'The History of the Confucius Family' in the universal history named the '
Historical Records' written by the great historian Ssu-ma Ch'ien—the socalled '
father of Chinese history'—which appeared during the reign of Emperor Wu of the
...
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The Culture of Sex in Ancient China
1t may also not be a coincidence that Queen Dowager Hsuan was from the state
of Ch'in; as we shall see, Ssu-ma Ch'ien repeatedly employs the theme of sexual
transgression in order to attack the legitimacy of Ch'in's rule. Finally, it is ...
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The Grand Scribe's Records: The memoirs of Han China, pt. II
(The Yellow Emperor), Chuan-hsü 顓頊, and Yao 堯, is longer than that
Herodotus provides for the Lydian kings, Kandaules' ancestors.38 Moreover, Ssu
- ma Ch'ien's portrayals of these mythical rulers focuses on their public personas
as the ...
Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Tsai Fa Cheng, 2011
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Western Historical Thinking: An Intercultural Debate
Thucydides, too, "first trusted his own eyes and ears and next the eyes and ears
of reliable witnesses."12 We find the same principle in Confucius' Annals and
Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Records. According to tradition, Confucius distinguished
between ...
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