Table of Contents

Introduction Translator's Note Part I: Heaven, Earth and Man Shi ji 28: The Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices Shi ji 29: The Treatise on the Yellow River and Canals Shi ji 30: The Treatise on the Balanced Standard Part II: Statesman, Generals and Foreign Peoples Shi ji 107: The Biographies of the Marquises of Weiqi and Quan Shi ji 109: The Biography of General Li Guang Shi ji 110: The Account of the Xiongnu Shi ji 111: The Biographies of General Wei Qing and the Swift Cavalry General Hup Qubing Shi ji 112: The Biographies of the Marquis of Pingjin and Zhufu Yan Shi ji 113: The Account of Southern Yue Shi ji 114: The Account of Eastern Yue Shi ji 115: The Account of Chaoxian Shi ji 123: THe Account of Dayuan Shi ji 116: The Account of the Southwestern Barbarians Shi ji 117: The Biography of SIma Xiangru Shi ji 120: The Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi Part III: The Plotters of Revolt Shi ji 118: The Biographies of the Kings of Huainan and Hengshan Part IV: The Collective Biographies Shi ji 121: The Biographies of the Confucian Scholars Shi ji 119: The Biographies of the Reasonable Officials Shi ji 122: The Biographies of the Harsh Officials Shi ji 124: The Biographies of the Wandering Knights Shi ji 125: The Biographies of the Emperors' Male Favourites Shi ji 127: The Biographies of the Diviners of Lucky Days Shi ji 129: The Biographies of the Money-makers Finding List of Chapters of the Shi ji Index Map China and Its Neighbours in the Former Han

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Burton Watson is a renowned translator of Chinese and Japanese literature and an Adjunct Professor of Chinese and Japanese at Columbia University. His recent translations include Ryokan: Zen-Monk Poet of Japan, Saigyo: Poems of a Mountain Home, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry. He lives in Japan.

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