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| Author | : Qian Sima |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 434 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780253340221 |
This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shi chi(The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 BC to ca. 100 BC) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In The Grand Scribe's Records, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalised the style of the annals he had written for previous rulers. Here are accounts of the peasant who founded the dynasty, Liu Pang, a man noted as much for his licentiousness as he was his ruthless political instinct, and of his cruel wife, Empress Lÿ, who murdered her chief rival for Liu Pang's affections in the most gruesome manner. The annals of two relatively undistinguished emperors follow. The volume concludes with Ssu-ma's depiction of perhaps the greatest ruler of the Han, Emperor Wu, told within the context of his delusive attempts to find a means to achieve immortality. When completed this translation will bring all 130 chapters of the Shih chi into English. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.
| Author | : Ssu-ma Ch'ien |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 468 |
| Release | : 2019-07-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0253048451 |
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
| Author | : Ssu-ma Ch'ien |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : China |
| ISBN | : 9780253039095 |
This second volume of the ongoing annotated translation of Ssu-ma Ch'ien's Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), widely acknowledged as the most important early Chinese history, contains the "basic annals" of five early Han-dynasty emperors. The annals trace the first century of Han rule (206 b.c. to ca. 100 b.c.) in a year-by-year account that focuses on imperial activities. In these later annals, Ssu-ma Ch'ien revitalized the style he had employed in accounts of previous rulers in the opening chapters of The Grand Scribe's Records. When this translation is completed, it will make available in English all 130 chapters of the Shih chi. Volumes 1 and 7 were published by Indiana University Press in 1994.
| Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 604 |
| Release | : 1986 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780253334565 |
""A vertitable feast of concise, useful, reliable, and up-to-dateinformation (all prepared by top scholars in the field), Nienhauser's now two-volumetitle stands alone as THE standard reference work for the study of traditionalChinese literature. Nothing like it has ever been published."" --Choice The second volume to The Indiana Companion to TraditionalChinese Literature is both a supplement and an update to the original volume. VolumeII includes over 60 new entries on famous writers, works, and genres of traditionalChinese literature, followed by an extensive bibliographic update (1985-1997) ofeditions, translations, and studies (primarily in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, and German) for the 500+ entries of Volume I.
| Author | : André Lévy |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007-03-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780253213655 |
André Lévy provides a "picture of Chinese literature of the past" that brilliantly illustrates the four great literary genres of China: the classics, prose, poetry, and the literature of entertainment. His discussion of approximately 120 vivid translations combines personal insights with innovative historical accounts in a genre-based approach that moves beyond the typical chronology of dynasties. Renowned scholar William H. Nienhauser, Jr., translated Lévy's work from the French and returned to the original Chinese for the texts. This informative, engaging, and eminently readable introduction to the three millennia of traditional Chinese literature is highly recommended for students and general readers.
| Author | : Liang Cai |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2014-02-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 143844849X |
Contests long-standing claims that Confucianism came to prominence under Chinas Emperor Wu. When did Confucianism become the reigning political ideology of imperial China? A pervasive narrative holds it was during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty (14187 BCE). In this book, Liang Cai maintains that such a date would have been too early and provides a new account of this transformation. A hidden narrative in Sima Qians The Grand Scribes Records (Shi ji) shows that Confucians were a powerless minority in the political realm of this period. Cai argues that the notorious witchcraft scandal of 9187 BCE reshuffled the power structure of the Western Han bureaucracy and provided Confucians an opportune moment to seize power, evolve into a new elite class, and set the tenor of political discourse for centuries to come.
| Author | : William H. Nienhauser |
| Publisher | : World Scientific |
| Total Pages | : 342 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 9814287288 |
The book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the genre of Tang tales in English, including discussions of the numerous Chinese studies from the last decade. Tang Tales itself contains the first annotated translations of these famous stories, which are deciphered and interpreted specifically for students and scholars interested in the medieval Chinese literature. Following the model of intertextual readings employed by Glen Dudbridge in The Tale of Li Wa (Oxford, 1983), the annotation points to the resonances to the classical texts; the translator's notes following each translation then explain how these references expand the meaning of the text. In addition to six translations of the major tales (chuanqi, "transmitting the strange"), there is also a rendition of a fantastic tale by Liu Zongyuan, suggesting close ties with popular and oral literature. The appended glossary of terms marks the first attempt to create such a reference for readers and scholars of Tang tales that will be of use in reading other tales as well. The meticulous scholarship of this book elevates it above all existing collections of these stories, and the inclusion of the standard introduction to the Tang tales for graduate students and researchers engenders a deeper appreciation.
| Author | : Zhang Xinke |
| Publisher | : American Academic Press |
| Total Pages | : 220 |
| Release | : 2024-10-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1631814958 |
The Grand Scribe’s Record and Chinese Literature is one of Prof. Zhang’s most important works and the crystallization results of his lifelong research. It represents the achievements of Chinese scholars at the stage. Moreover, this book helps readers to understand The Grand Scribe's Records in the development history of Chinese literature, which shows its various connections and positions in Chinese literature. It includes a comprehensive analysis of The Grand Scribe's Records and a detailed analysis of classical pieces. The thematic analysis involves cultural background, system and attempt, ideological content, events, and people description as well as historical origin, exposing strict theoretical analysis and excellent literary expression. Therefore, it is good guidance for readers to understand The Grand Scribe's Records in depth with both academic as well as reading value. And, this book The Grand Scribe's Records and Chinese Literature was sponsored by the Chinese Academic Translation Project of the National Social Science Foundation for English Translation Version, which is a project that represents the highest level of academic work promotion in China.
| Author | : Esther S. Klein |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2019-03-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9004376879 |
In Father of Chinese History, Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties. Today Sima Qian is viewed as both a tragic hero and a literary genius. Premodern responses to him were more equivocal: the complex personal emotions he expressed prompted readers to worry about whether his work as a historian was morally or politically acceptable. Klein demonstrates how controversies over the value and meaning of Sima Qian’s work are intimately bound up with larger questions: How should history be written? What role does individual experience and self-expression play within that process? By what standards can the historian’s choices be judged?
| Author | : Sean Metzger |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2014-04-25 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0253015685 |
From yellow-face performance in the 19th century to Jackie Chan in the 21st, Chinese Looks examines articles of clothing and modes of adornment as a window on how American views of China have changed in the past 150 years. Sean Metzger provides a cultural history of three iconic objects in theatrical and cinematic performance: the queue, or man's hair braid; the woman's suit known as the qipao; and the Mao suit. Each object emerges at a pivotal moment in US-China relations, indexing shifts in the balance of power between the two nations. Metzger shows how aesthetics, gender, politics, economics, and race are interwoven and argues that close examination of particular forms of dress can help us think anew about gender and modernity.
