Interpretation of The Historical Records : Records of the Grand Historian

The Historical Records is the first general history presented in a series of biographies in Chinese history written by Sima Qian. It records thee history of more than 3000 years from the Yellow Emperor times of the ancient legend to the first year of Yuanshou of Emperor Wu Period. The book consists of 130 articles of more than 520000 words, including 12 biographies of emperors, 30 biographies of aristocratic families, 70 biographies of important figures, 10 "e;Biao"e; and 8 "e;Shu"e;.This book, Interpretation of The Historical Records, excerpts partial content from the original work of The Historical Records and adds annotation and colloquial translations. By the end of the articles, there are also the editors' comments and side evaluations helping readers expand areas of reading.Interpretation of The Historical Records is mainly edited by Pingping.