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One Hundred Lectures on Records of the Grand Historian
Across two thousand years, discover humanity at its brightest
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Introduction: History Lets Us See More Possibilities Guide I: Why Read Records of the Grand Historian Today? Guide II: The Work's Place in Chinese History and Literature Guide III: Sima Qian's View of History and His Ambition The Grand Historian's Self-Preface I: Why Did Sima Qian Call Himself the Grand Historian? The Grand Historian's Self-Preface II: How Was Sima Qian Formed? The Grand Historian's Self-Preface III: How He Inherited the Legacy of the Spring and Autumn Annals Letter to Ren An: Sima Qian's Declaration of Ideals Biography of General Li I: Why Does Li Guang Lead the Three Xiongnu Biographies? Biography of General Li II: A Genius of War in Peaceful Times Biography of General Li III: The Peerless ‘Flying General’ Letter to Ren An: Disaster Brought by Speaking Out for Justice Chronological Table of the Six States and Biography of Boyi: ‘Study Heaven and Humanity, Comprehend Past and Present’ Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices I: Why Must a Historian ‘Establish a School of His Own’? Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices II: The Other Side of Power Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices III: The Grand Historian between Shaman and Historian Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices IV: Emperor Wu's Road to Immortality Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices V: The Endless Deceptions of Emperor Wu Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu I: Xiang Yu and Liu Bang in an Age of Collision Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu II: History Is More than Winners and Losers Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu III: Comparing Their Roads to Power Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu IV: Removing the Makeup from Liu Bang's Rise Annals of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang V: The First Fork in Their Fates Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu VI: Time, Circumstance, Fate, and Fortune Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu VII: How Did the Hegemon and the Elder Treat People Differently? Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu VIII: Liu Bang Shows What a True Elder Is Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu IX: Undercurrents before the Feast at Hong Gate Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu X: A Murder Plot Everyone Knows Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XI: Was Xiang Yu a Boy Unfit for Counsel? Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XII: In Political Struggle, Which Matters More—Face or Substance? Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XIII: Xiang Yu's Fatal Mistakes after Entering the Pass Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XIV: The Contest for the Realm after Chencang Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XV: Why Could Liu Bang Keep Coming Back? Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XVI: If You Boil My Father, Give Me a Bowl of the Soup Annals of Xiang Yu and Gaozu XVII: The Death of Xiang Yu Annals of Qin Shi Huang I: Arrogance at the Summit of Power Annals of Qin Shi Huang II: Qin's Ghost Haunts the Han Dynasty Annals of Qin Shi Huang III: The Terrifying Intent behind Burning the Books Annals of Qin Shi Huang IV: The Truth about Epang Palace and ‘Burying the Scholars’ Annals of Qin Shi Huang V: The ‘First Emperor for All Ages’ and His Obsession with the Supernatural Annals of Empress Lü I: A Woman's Cruel Epic Annals of Empress Lü II: How Did Sima Qian Judge Her Rule? Tables and Treatises: Multiple Dimensions of Time in the Records Treatise on the Balanced Standard I: The Early Han World Treatise on the Balanced Standard II: A Fleeting Golden Age Treatise on the Balanced Standard III: Emperor Wu's Ways of Raising Money Treatise on the Balanced Standard IV: Can the Rich Be Asked to ‘Sacrifice’? Treatise on the Balanced Standard V: Public Finance—Revenue or Fairness? Does Records of the Grand Historian Have Flaws? Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei: Did Confucius Really Meet Laozi? The ‘Exceptions’ among the Hereditary Houses Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of His Disciples I: On What Do We Base Our Image of Confucius? Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of His Disciples II: Defenders and Destroyers of Institutions Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of His Disciples III: The Indistinct Face of Confucius Hereditary House of Confucius and Biographies of His Disciples IV: How Should a Gentleman Face Adversity? Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu I: Zhang Liang's Early Life as Teacher of Emperors Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu II: The Forefather of Strategy Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu III: Two Decisions That Made the Han Dynasty Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu IV: Liu Bang's Great Savior Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu V: A Figure in the Chain of Western Han Fate Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu VI: Zhang Liang's Final Contribution—the Succession Struggle Houses of Xiao He and Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin I: How Many Xiao Hes Separate a Rogue from an Emperor? Houses of Xiao He and Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin II: A Great Drama Directed by Xiao He Houses of Xiao He and Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin III: The Marquis of Huaiyin's Road of No Return Houses of Xiao He and Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin IV: Was Han Xin Defeated by ‘Heaven’? Hereditary House of Xiao He V: A Hundred Cao Cans Are Not One Chancellor Xiao Hereditary House of Xiao He VI: The Best Employee Is One Who Does Not Want to Be Boss Hereditary House of Xiao He VII: Anxiety Is Power's Instinct Hereditary House of Xiao He VIII: The Politician Who Abandoned Ambition Guide to the Biographies I: The People Who Became Protagonists Guide to the Biographies II: Secrets in Their Titles Biography of Boyi I: The Grand Historian's Bait and Switch Biography of Boyi II: The Men Who Refused a Throne Biography of Boyi III: The True Value of Boyi and Shuqi's Story Hereditary House of Taibo of Wu I: Do You Really Know What ‘Feudalism’ Means? Hereditary House of Taibo of Wu II: Are Imperial Families the Most Heartless? Hereditary House of Taibo of Wu III: A Map of Music through a ‘Barbarian’ Envoy's Eyes Hereditary House of Taibo of Wu IV: Loving Music More than a Kingdom Hereditary House of Taibo of Wu V: Ji Zha's Ideal Society House of Taibo and Biography of Wu Zixu I: A Family Feud That Changed a State Biography of Wu Zixu II: How Deep Was His Sorrow? His Hair Whitened Overnight Biographies of the Assassins I: The Losers' Magnificent Transformation Biographies of the Assassins II: The Assassin's Creed—A Knight Dies for One Who Understands Him Biographies of the Assassins III: A Don Quixote Tale of Revenge Biographies of the Assassins IV: Seeing Human Worth in the Assassin Biographies of the Assassins V: How Do You Rank Your Convictions? Biographies of the Assassins VI: The Prequel to Jing Ke's Attempt on Qin Biographies of the Assassins VII: Tian Guang, the Gentleman behind Jing Ke Biographies of the Assassins VIII: Two Crucial Suicides Biographies of the Assassins IX: The Hero Departs, Never to Return Biography of Wu Zixu III: History Moves without Mercy Biography of Wu Zixu IV: Resentment Is My Ground Color Biographies of the Knights-Errant I: Saying No to Authority and the Mainstream Biographies of the Knights-Errant II: Independent Commoners Biographies of the Knights-Errant III: Why Did People Follow Them? Biographies of the Knights-Errant IV: Their Power to Rally People Frightened Rulers Biographies of Harsh Officials I: Law Is a Tool of Government, Not Its Source Biographies of Harsh Officials II: Blades in the Ruler's Hand, Charging Straight Ahead Biographies of Harsh Officials III: From Strict Enforcement to Personal Gain Biographies of Harsh Officials IV: Why Did Their Numbers Grow under Emperor Wu? Biographies of Harsh Officials V: He Turned Suffering into Enduring Wisdom Yang Zhao Q&A I: Can There Be a Good Age That Does Not Bury Its Heroes? Yang Zhao Q&A II: My Most Fundamental Qualification for Teaching the Records Biographies of Harsh Officials VI: Zhang Tang Swallows the Bitter Fruit of Snobbery Biographies of Harsh Officials VII: The Hounds Who Met Bad Ends Biographies of Harsh Officials VIII: Is Killing an Ability or an Atrocity? Biographies of Feng Tang and Zhang Shizhi I: Were There Good Officials in Western Han? Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang II: The Dignity of Law Enforcement Biographies of Zhang Shizhi and Feng Tang III: Why Are Capable Ministers Never Fully Used? Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi I: An Elder Who Went against the Tide Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi II: A Minister of State Who Would Neither Come nor Go on Command Biographies of Ji An and Zheng Dangshi III: Integrity That Inspired Fear and Respect Biographies of Diviners I: Another Exception in the Records Biographies of Diviners II: The Status of Fortune-Tellers Biographies of Diviners III: Speaking for the Lowly Biographies of Diviners IV: Professionalism and Ethics in Divination Biographies of Diviners V and of Bian Que and Cang Gong I: A Hymn to the Nameless Biographies of Bian Que and Cang Gong II: What Matters Most Is Not Raising the Dead Good Doctors Observe Society | Bian Que and Cang Gong III: Six Incurable Conditions Biographies of Bian Que and Cang Gong IV: A Han Guide to Difficult Diseases Biographies of Bian Que and Cang Gong V: Protecting Yourself with a Sharp Edge Biographies of Merchants I: Economic Principles in the Records' Final Chapter Biographies of Merchants II: What Is a Historian? Yang Zhao: Understanding Sima Qian and the Records through Questions