4.12 Sima Qian and Our View of Early China
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The narrative portion of this course on early China closes with an examination of the man most responsible for shaping our understanding of that long era: the Han historian Sima Qian. The greater part of the chapter consists of a translation of Sima Qian's famous "Letter to Ren An," preserved in the Hanshu, which explains his goals as an historian.
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Course text chapter on early Chinese history
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China, history, Han, Han Dynasty, Sima Qian, Shiji