Table of Contents

Introduction Translator's Note on Text Shi ji 5: The Basic Annals of Qin Shi ji 6: The Basic Annals of The First Emperor of the Qin Shi ji 15: Reflections on the Rise of the Qin Shi ji 68: The Biography of Lord Shang SHi ji 71: The Biographies of Shuli Zi and Gan Mou Shi ji 72: The Biography of the Marquis of Rang Shi ji 73: The Biographies of Bai Qi and Wang Jian Shi ji 79: The Biographies of Fan Ju and Cai Ze Shi ji 85: The Biography of Lu Buwei Shi ji 86: The Biographies of the Assassin-retainers (Excerpt) Shi ji 87: The Biography of Li Si Shi ji 88: The Biography of Meng Tian Shi ji 126: The Biographies of Wits and Humorists (Excerpt) Appendix 1: Shi ji 48: The Hereditary House of Chen She Appendix 2: Sima Qian's Letter to Ren An Index

About the Author

Burton Watson is one of the world's best-known translators from the Chinese and Japanese. His translations include The Lotus Sutra, The Vimalakirti Sutra, Ryokan: Zen Monk-Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century, all published by Columbia.