The Grand Scribe’s Records, Volume X

In The Grand Scribe’s Records: Volume X, readers can follow Ssu-ma Qian’s depiction of the later years of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han (r. 140–87 BC). The volume begins with four chapters describing the Han’s attempts to subdue states north, east, south and west of the empire. The subsequent long biography of Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju (179–117) presents one of the era’s major literary figures who came to oppose the Emperor’s expensive military campaigns against these states. It is followed by an equally extended portrayal of Liu An (d. 122), King of Huai-nan, who was seen as an internal threat and forced to commit suicide. The final chapters recount narratives of the ideal officials (all predating the Han) and the Confucians the Emperor championed.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
On Using This Book
Weights and Measures (Lu Zongli)
List of Abbreviations

Memoir 53 The Southern Yüeh
Memoir 54 The Eastern Yüeh
Memoir 55 Ch’ao-hsien
Memoir 56 The Southwestern Barbarians
Memoir 57 Ssu-ma Hsiang-ju
Memoir 58 Huai-nan and Heng-shan
Memoir 59 The Officials Who Follow Reason
Memoir 60 Chi and Cheng
Memoir 61 The Confucian Scholars

Frequently Mentioned Commentators
Selected Recent Studies of the Shih chi
Index