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Title: Selections from Records of the Historian by Szuma Chien, Hsien-yi Yang, Gladys Yang ISBN: 0-8351-0618-7 Publisher: China Books & Periodicals Pub. Date: October, 1979 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $16.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: Good translation of a fascinating text.
Comment: This book has also been published by The Commercial Press under the name, _Records of the the Historian_. It is a translation, by Hsien-yi Yang and Gladys Yang, of selections from one of the great, classic works of Chinese history.

Szuma Chien's _Records of the Historian_ is a huge work. The selections in this translation are biographical accounts of famous figures in early Chinese history, including Confucius. All of the figures whose biographies are included lived very interesting lives. So, although not every story is breathtaking, this usually makes for pretty good reading.

I think both the general reader and the scholar will enjoy this work. (For broader selections from the _Records of the Historian_, see the translations by Burton Watson. For more on Szuma Chien, who lived a tragic life, see Durrant's _The Cloudy Mirror_.)