Contents
Chapter I Homeland, Childhood
Chapter II Study Tour in His Twenties
Chapter III From a Lang Zhong to a Prefect of the Grand Scribes
Chapter IV. The Li Ling Affair Disasters
Chapter V The Historian after Corporal Punishment
Chapter VI The Pinnacle of All Historians
I A General History of 3000 Years
II The Spirit of “Writing Down Exactly What Happened”
III Brilliant Knowledge of History
Chapter VII The Lament Without Rhymes
I Historiography and Literature
II The Outcry Against Injustice
III Sarcastic Irony
Ⅳ Full-fleshed Characters
Ⅴ Splendid Language
Chapter VIII History to Last Forever
Translators’ Notes
目录
一 故乡,童年
二 二十漫游
三 由郎中到太史令
四 李陵之祸
五 刑余的史臣
六 史家之绝唱
(一)三千年的通史
(二)“实录”精神
(三)卓越的史识
七 无韵之《离骚》
(一)史学与文学
(二)抒不平之气
(三)辛辣的讽刺
(四)完整的人物形象
(五)生动的语言
八 光照千古
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