"Historical Records 4 Volumes (Literary and Vernacular)" Author: Sima Qian Publisher: Unity Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
The "Records of the Grand Historian" is a masterpiece of history written by the famous Chinese historian Sima Qian. It is listed as the first of the "Twenty-Four Histories" and records about 3,000 years of history from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the first year of Yuanshou (122 BC) of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is praised as "the swan song of historians and the rhymeless "Li Sao". "The "Records of the Grand Historian" is a must-read when studying Chinese history.