UID:
almahu_9949701217502882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004376878
Series Statement:
Studies in the history of Chinese texts, volume 10
Content:
In Father of Chinese History , Esther Klein explores the life and work of the great Han dynasty historian Sima Qian as seen by readers from the Han to the Song dynasties. Today Sima Qian is viewed as both a tragic hero and a literary genius. Premodern responses to him were more equivocal: the complex personal emotions he expressed prompted readers to worry about whether his work as a historian was morally or politically acceptable. Klein demonstrates how controversies over the value and meaning of Sima Qian's work are intimately bound up with larger questions: How should history be written? What role does individual experience and self-expression play within that process? By what standards can the historian's choices be judged?
Note:
Front Matter --
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Acknowledgements /
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Tables /
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Abbreviations /
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Introduction 1 /
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1 A Record of Doubts and Difficulties 23 /
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2 Sima Qian's Place in the Textual World 77 /
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3 Subtle Writing and Piercing Satire 149 /
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4 Creating and Critiquing a Sima Qian Romance 206 /
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5 A "True Record" 259 /
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6 Finding Truths in the Shiji's Form 333 /
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Conclusion 393 /
Additional Edition:
Print version: Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2018], ISBN 9789004372931
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies.
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