The Grand Scribe's Records: Volume 2
Subtitle: The Basic Annals of the Han Dynasty
Contributors: William H., Jr. Nienhauser (Editor); Weiguo Cao (Translator); Scott W. Galer (Translator); David W. Pankenier (Translator)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: June 21, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780253340221
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Cultural studies; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Ancient World History; China - History; History - General History; History: World; China; Asia - China; Ancient - General; Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D; History; Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C; To 221 B.C
First sentence: Kao-tsu (The Exalted Ancestor, ca. 248-196 B.C.; r. 206-196), a native of Chung-yang Hamlet in Feng Township in P'ei , had the cognomen Liu and the agnomen Chi.