THE GRAND SCRIBE'S RECORDS/ THE MEMOIRS OF HAN CHINA/ VOLUME X

In The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume X, readers can follow Ssu-ma Qian's depiction of the later years of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 140-87 BC). The volume begins with four chapters describing theHan's attempts to subdue states north, east, south and w est of the empire. The subsequent long biography of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (179-117) presents one of the era's major literary figures who came to oppose theEmperor's expensive military campaigns against these states. It is followed by an equally extended portrayal of Li u An (d. ...[Read more]