Stephen Durrant, Wai-Yee Li, Michael Nylan, Hans Van Ess

The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian's Legacy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sima Qian (first century BCE), the author of Record of the Historian (Shiji), is China's earliest and best-known historian, and his Letter to Ren An is the most famous letter in Chinese history. In the letter, Sima Qian explains his decision to finish his life's work, the first comprehensive history of China, instead of honorably committing suicide following his castration for deceiving the emperor. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, some scholars have queried the authenticity of the letter. Is it a genuine piece of writing by Sima Qian or an early work of literary impersonation? The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian's Legacy provides a full translation of the letter and uses different methods to explore issues in textual history. It also shows how ideas about friendship, loyalty, factionalism, and authorship encoded in the letter have far-reaching implications for the study of China.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780295806389
• Artikelnr.: 44932318

Autorenporträt

Stephen Durrant is professor emeritus of Chinese language and literature, University of Oregon. He is the author of The Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writings of Sima Qian (State University of New York Press, 1995); coauthor of The Siren and the Sage: Knowledge and Wisdom in Ancient Greece and China (Cassell, 2000); cotranslator of Zuo Traditions / Zuozhuan (University of Washington Press, 2017); and coeditor of Early China / Ancient Greece: Thinking through Comparisons (State University of New York Press, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Chronology of Dynasties
Maps
Introduction
Zuo Tradition / Zuozhuan
Volume One
Lord Yin
Lord Huan
Lord Zhuang
Lord Min
Lord Xi
Lord Wen
Lord Xuan
Volume Two
Lord Cheng
Lord Xiang
Volume Three
Lord Zhao
Lord Ding
Lord Ai
Bibliography
Place-Name Index
Personal Name Index