简介：
The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of The Grand Scribe's Records. The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first sustained empire in Chinese history. Although these men were often of common stock, they influenced the development of many aspects of the Han culture, a culture which in turn served as a model for subsequent eras. Based on oral and written accounts as well as on administrative records, these biographies range stylistically from anecdotal tales to repetitious reports of achievements in battle. The failure of the first five Han emperors to trust the loyalty of their subordinates is a leitmotif in many of these chapters. But the individual motifs that echo other sections of the Grand Scribe's Records--unrecognized heroes, both loyal and disloyal retainers, broken friendships, and faithless lovers--also appear in these pages.
The 16 chapters translated herein continue the biographies of individuals in pre-Han China presented in volume seven of The Grand Scribe's Records. The reader is introduced to the major supporters and rivals of the founders of the Han Dynasty: the generals, advisors, strategists, and ministers who helped to shape the foundations of the first sustained empire in Chinese history. Although these men were often of common stock, they influenced the development of many aspects of the Han culture, a culture which in turn served as a model for subsequent eras. Based on oral and written accounts as well as on administrative records, these biographies range stylistically from anecdotal tales to repetitious reports of achievements in battle. The failure of the first five Han emperors to trust the loyalty of their subordinates is a leitmotif in many of these chapters. But the individual motifs that echo other sections of the Grand Scribe's Records--unrecognized heroes, both loyal and disloyal retainers, broken friendships, and faithless lovers--also appear in these pages.
关键词：
grand commandant, chu chien, chief commandant, T'an Ch'i-hsiang, Grand Scribe's Records, Liu Pang
grand commandant, chu chien, chief commandant, T'an Ch'i-hsiang, Grand Scribe's Records, Liu Pang
书评：
"These volumes are most welcome.... The English translation has been done meticulously, with full scholarly apparatus.... These volumes are essential library additions."
"These volumes are most welcome.... The English translation has been done meticulously, with full scholarly apparatus.... These volumes are essential library additions."
-- Choice
ISBN-10: 0253340284
ISBN-13: 978-0253340283
书名: The Grand Scribe's Records
副书名：The Memoirs of Han China
丛书名:Grand Scribe's Records
作者:Ch'ien, Ssu-ma
编者：William H. Nienhauser Jr.
语言: English
出版社: Indiana University Press
出版日期:July 22, 2008
页数:512 pages
装帧:Hardcover
编者：William H. Nienhauser Jr.
语言: English
出版社: Indiana University Press
出版日期:July 22, 2008
页数:512 pages
装帧:Hardcover