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Records of the Grand Historian
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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.:
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INDEX
Actor Zhan
Ai, Duke of Qin
Altar of Fu
Altar of the West
Analects
ba, hegemon; see also Five Hegemons
Bai Qi
Baili Xi
Ban Gu
Baosi
Bi Gan
Bodde, Derk
Book of Changes (Yi jing)
Book of Documents
Book of Lord Shang
Book of Odes
Book of Rites
Boyi
Burning of the Books
Cai Ze
Cao Mei
cauldrons of Zhou (nine cauldrons)
Chavannes, Édouard
Chen She
Cheng, Duke of Qin
Cheng, King of Zhou
Chonger (Duke Wen of Jin)
Chu, state of
Chunyu Yue
Chuzi
Confucius
Crump, J.I.
Dafei
Dafu Zhong
Daluo
Dan, Crown Prince of Yan
Dao, Duke of Qin
Daye
De, Duke of Qin
Di tribes
Dog Rong
Duke of Shou
Duke of Zhao
Duyvendak, J.J.L.
Eastern Zhou
Epang Palace
eunuchs
Fan family of Jin
Fan Ju, marquis of Ying
Fan Li (Lord Zhu of Tao)
Fan Yuqi
Fei Chang
Feizi
Feng and Shan sacrifices
Feng Quqi
First Emperor of Qin (Zheng)
dp n="263" folio="240" ?Five Elements (Five Powers)
Five Emperors
Five Hegemons
five penalties
fu summer sacrifice
fu tax
Fuchai, King of Wu
Fusu, Prince, eldest son of First Emperor
Gan Luo
Gan Mou
Gong, Duke of Qin
Gongsun Yang — see Lord Shang
Gongzi Ang
Goujian, King of Yue
Great Wall
Guan Longfeng
Guan Zhong
Han (dynasty)
Han Fei
Hangu Pass
Hann, state of
Helü, King of Wu
Horizontal Alliance
Hu barbarians
Huai, Duke of Qin
Huai, King of Chu
Huan, Duke of Qi
Huan, Duke of Qin
Huan Ji
Huayang, Lady (Queen Dowager Huayang)
Huhai — see Second Emperor of the Qin
Hui (I), Duke of Qin
Hui (II), Duke of Qin
Hui, King of Zhou
Huiwen, King of Qin
Hulsewé, A.F.P.
Intrigues of the Warring States — see Zhanguo ce
Ji clan
Ji Zi
Jia Yi
Jian, Duke of Qin
Jian Shu
Jianglü, Prince, son of First Emperor
Jie, last ruler of Xia dynasty
Jieyu
Jing, Duke of Qin
Jing, state of — see Chu, state of
Jing Ke
jun, province or commandery
Kang, Duke of Qin
keqing, guest minister
la festival
Lady Li
Lao Ai
lao, set of sacrificial animals
Li, Duke of Jin
Li, King of Zhou
Li Ling
Li Si
dp n="264" folio="241" ?Li Xin
Li You
Li Yuning
Lian Po
Liang, state of — see Wei, state of
Ligong, Duke of Qin
Ling, Duke of Jin
Ling, Duke of Qin
Ling, King of Chu
Liu Ji (Liu Bang, see also governor of Pei)
Lord Five Ram Skins — see Baili Xi
Lord on High
Lord Shang (Wei Yang)
Lü Buwei (marquis of Wenxin)
Lü Wang (Lü Shang)
Man barbarians
Master Lu
Meng Ao
Meng Tian
Meng Yi
Mengming Shi
mengzhu, “leader of the alliance”
Mo Zi (Mo Di)
Mt. Hua
Mt. Kuaiji
Mt. Langya
Mt. Li
Mt. Qi
Mt. Tai
Mt. Xiang
Mt. Zhifu
Mu, Duke of Qin
Mu, King of Zhou
Ning, Duke of Qin
Nühua
Nüxiu
Palace of Sweet Springs
Pei, governor of (Liu Ji)
Ping, King of Chu
Ping, King of Zhou
Qi, state of
Qin (dynasty)
Qin, state of
Qin Wuyang
Qin Ying
Qin Zhong
Queen Dowager Xuan of Qin
Ren Bi
Rong tribes (see also Western Rong, Dog Rong)
Second Emperor of the Qin (Huhai)
Shang (dynasty)
Shanglin Park
Shen Buhai
Shen, marquis
Shensheng, heir apparent of Jin
Shuli Zi
Shun, Emperor
Sima Cuo
Sima Qian
dp n="265" folio="242" ?Sima Xin
Six States
Song, state of
Spring and Autumn Annals
Spring and Autumn of Mr Lü
Su Dai
Taiwu, Emperor
Tang, King
Three Dynasties (Xia, Shang and Zhou)
Three Jin (Hann, Wei and Zhao)
three sets of relatives
Treasures of Chen
Twitchett, Denis, & Michael Loewe
Vertical Alliance
Wang Ji
Wang Jian
Wang Li
Wang Ling
Wang Pen
Wang Wan
Wei, state of
Wei Liao
Wei Qi
Wei Ran, marquis of Rang
Wei Yang — see Lord Shang
Wen, Duke of Jin — see Chonger
Wen, Duke of Qin
Wen, King of Zhou
Western Rong
Western Zhou (dynasty)
Wey, state of
Wu, Duke of Qin
Wu, Emperor of Han
Wu, King of Qin
Wu, King of Zhou
Wu, state of
Wu Guang
Wu Pass
Wu Qi
Wu Zixu
Xi, King of Yan
Xia (dynasty)
xian, district
Xian, Duke of Qin
Xiang, Duke of Qin
Xiang Liang
Xiang Shou
Xiang Yan
Xiang Yu
Xianyang, capital of Qin
Xiao, Duke of Qin
Xiao, King of Zhou
Xiaowen, King of Qin
Xiongnu tribes
Xu Fu
Xu Jia
Xuan, Duke of Qin
Xuan, King of Zhou
Xue Wen (Lord Mengchang)
Xun Qing (Xun Zi)
dp n="266" folio="243" ? Yan, state of
Yan Ying
Yan Yue
Yang, Gladys & Hsien-yi
Yao, Emperor
Yao Pass
Yellow Emperor
Yi tribes
Ying (family name of Qin rulers)
Yong, city in Qin
You, King of Zhou
You Yu
Yu, Emperor
Yue, hundred tribes of
Yue, state of
Zao, Duke of Qin
Zaofu
Zeng Can
Zhai Black Wolf
Zhang Han
Zhang Liang
Zhang Tang
Zhang Yi
Zhanguo ce (Intrigues of the Warring States)
Zhao, state of
Zhao Gao
Zhao Kuo
Zhao Sheng (Lord Pingyuan)
Zhaoxiang, King of Qin
zhen (personal pronoun)
Zheng — see First Emperor of Qin
Zheng, state of
Zhi family of Jin
Zhonghang family of Jin
Zhongshan, state of
Zhongyan
Zhou (dynasty)
Zhou, last ruler of Shang dynasty
Zhou Qingchen
Zhuan Xu, Emperor
Zhuang, Duke of Qin
Zhuang, King of Chu
Zhuangxiang, King of Qin
Ziying, Prince, last ruler of Qin
dp n="267" folio="" ? 1
Our understanding of the Qin legal system has been unexpectedly enriched by the discovery in 1975 of a large number of legal and administrative texts written on bamboo in the grave of a Qin local official who died in 217 BC. These suggest that the Qin laws may have been somewhat less severe than traditional ...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Introduction
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE ON THE 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 LÜ 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 One - SHI JI 48: THE HEREDITARY HOUSE OF CHEN SHE
- Appendix Two - SIMA QIAN’S LETTER TO REN AN
- INDEX
- Copyright Page