The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian's Legacy by Stephen Durrant, Hans van Ess, Wai-Yee Li, Michael Nylan

The Letter to Ren An and Sima Qian's Legacy

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

190 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 ...

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