{"product_id":"the-letter-to-ren-an-and-sima-qians-legacy-9780295743646","title":"The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qians Legacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Essential.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sima Qian’s famous Letter to Ren An. . . has often been seen as a key to understanding the historian’s frame of mind as he labored to complete his monumental Shiji. Questions linger, however, about its provenance, dating, and reliability. . . . This compact volume offers a timely engagement with these and other issues. . . . The polished, richly annotated translation, a collective effort involving all four authors, testifies to the collegial spirit with which this inquiry was conducted.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * China Review International: A Journal of Reviews of Scholarly Literature in Chinese Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Questioning the received understanding of the Letter’s nature, authorship, and its relation with the \u003ci\u003eShiji\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume, based on solid scholarship and scrupulously referenced, will become a must-read for anyone interested in the study of Sima Qian and the \u003ci\u003eShiji\u003c\/i\u003e. It also serves as a most welcome reminder of the necessity to periodically re-evaluate well-established perceptions of literary traditions with a critical eye.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Yangruxin Liu * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Chronology of Dynasties \u003cbr\u003e Maps \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e Zuo Tradition \/ Zuozhuan\u003cbr\u003e Volume One\u003cbr\u003e Lord Yin \u003cbr\u003e Lord Huan \u003cbr\u003e Lord Zhuang \u003cbr\u003e Lord Min \u003cbr\u003e Lord Xi \u003cbr\u003e Lord Wen \u003cbr\u003e Lord Xuan \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume Two\u003cbr\u003e Lord Cheng \u003cbr\u003e Lord Xiang \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume Three\u003cbr\u003e Lord Zhao \u003cbr\u003e Lord Ding \u003cbr\u003e Lord Ai \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003e Place-Name Index \u003cbr\u003e Personal Name Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524691140951,"sku":"9780295743646","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295743646.jpg?v=1731857768","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-letter-to-ren-an-and-sima-qians-legacy-9780295743646","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}