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    The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI
    The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI
    The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI
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    The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume XI

    By Ssu-ma Ch'ien

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    Part of the extraordinary multi-volume portrait of ancient China written by a court official of the Han Dynasty.

    The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume XI presents the final nine memoirs of Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s history, continuing the series of collective biographies with seven more prosopographies on the ruthless officials, the wandering gallants, the artful favorites, those who discern auspicious days, turtle and stalk diviners, and those whose goods increase, punctuated by the final account of Emperor Wu’s wars against neighboring peoples and concluded with Ssu-ma Ch’ien’s postface containing a history of his family and himself.

    Praise for the series:

    “[An] indispensable addition to modern sinology.” —China Review International

    “The English translation has been done meticulously.” —Choice
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 31, 2019
    ISBN9780253048448
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