Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song: The Father of History in Pre-Modern China

Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
		Structure of the Book
		Historians, Lineages, and Confucian Scholars: Good Problems in Translation
Part 1
	Contextualization
	Chapter 1
		A Record of Doubts and Difficulties
				Overview
				Sources and Attribution
				Who is the Honorable Senior Historian?
				Autobiography and Authenticity
				Chu Shaosun: a Third Author?
				Extreme Textual Damage and Loss
				A Conclusion Leading Onward
	Chapter 2
		Sima Qian’s Place in the Textual World
				Aspects of Self-Description
				Early Views of the Shiji
				The New Historical Tradition
				Sima Qian in the Realm of Literary Prose
Part 2
	Autobiographical Readings
	Chapter 3
		Subtle Writing and Piercing Satire
				Sources for Sima Qian’s Biography
				Early Autobiographical Readings
				Six Dynasties Developments
				Autobiographical Readings in the Tang
	Chapter 4
		Creating and Critiquing a Sima Qian Romance
				A Reversal of Verdicts
				Su Shi’s Gentlemen and the Shiji
				Blaming Emperor Wu
				Backlash: Three Southern Song Critiques
Part 3
	Reading Truth in the Shiji
	Chapter 5
		A “True Record”
				On the Term “True Record”
				Issues of Historical Truth in the Shiji: Early Views
				Against “Defamatory Text” Readings
				Dangers of “Straight Writing”in the Tang
				Song Dynasty Developments
	Chapter 6
		Finding Truths in the Shiji’s Form
				The Overall Form of the Shiji
				Intention and Invention in the Shiji’s Five Sections
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index