| Author/Contributor(s): | Sima, Qian |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Date: | 02/15/1996 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
This second volume of the history of the Han dynasty consists of chapters dealing principally with the reign of Emperor Wu, one of the most energetic and strong-willed of China's Rulers. Here the historian is chronicling events he has witnessed and writing of the men he personally knows or has known. In Nagano Hozan's (1783-1837) words, "He makes us see in our minds the character of the men of the time, and this is why he is a great historian.: