Stories from Records of the Historian

Viac o knihe

This is a Chinese-study auxiliary book for English and French native speakers. The 19 stories contained in this text were carefully selected from Records of the Historian by Sima Qian, a Chinese writer, historian and philosopher of the west Han dynasty. His book is one of the most famous historical writings over the last 2000 years in China. The selected chapters have been re-written in simple contemporary language, keeping close to the plots of the originals stories and maintaining the deftness of their characterization.