Records of the Grand Historian (Qin Dynasty) Liu reveals a spirit of

Liu reveals a spirit of rebelliousness which is particularly appealing to the younger generation of Chinese readers

an intensely personal account of her own battle with cancer

Extracts from Chinese film scripts and other texts from the 1930s to this century are included in this issue

ISBN 962-7255-21-1

Records of the Grand Historian (Qin Dynasty) Liu reveals a spirit ofBy Sima Qian Translated by Burton Watson 1993 Co published with Columbia University Press xviii + 221 pages ISBN 0231 08168 5 Sima Qian (145?90? BC) is the first major Chinese historian. His Shi ji, or Records of the Grand Historian, records the history of China and much of the adjacent world from the remote past to his own time. These three volumes contain a new translation of the history of the Qin dynasty (221206 BC) and a revised version of the