Records of the Grand Historian

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Records of the Grand Historian is written by Qian Sima and published by Columbia University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0231081685 (ISBN 10) and 9780231081689 (ISBN 13).

Sima Qian (145?-90? BCE) was the first major Chinese historian. His Shiji, or Records of the Grand Historian, documents the history of China and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. These three volumes cover the Qin and Han dynasties.