Records of the Grand Historian
| By: | Qian Sima |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780231081672 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780231521079 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This 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.: