The Best Translation Version of Historical Records

All Notes and Translations of Historical Records

Authors: Sima Qian/Wu Shuping et al.

Publishing House: Tianjin Ancient Books Publishing House

Publication year: 1995

The Complete Annotation and Translation of Historical Records is a book that meets the reading and demand of vernacular Chinese. During the period of 1980, Wu Shuping, a famous scholar, brought together dozens of famous experts from more than ten domestic scientific research institutions such as China Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University and Zhonghua Book Company, and it took more than ten years to translate this masterpiece into vernacular Chinese. Many experts and scholars are top scholars in the fields of pre-Qin, Qin and Han history and ancient Chinese characters, such as Liu, Qiu Xigui and Li Ling.

The full annotation and translation of Historical Records made detailed comments on many seemingly simple problems in Historical Records, absorbed the most advanced academic achievements at that time, and expressed them in clear and fluent language.