This work of Ma Feibai represents fifty years of hard work in compiling historicaIdata on the Qin Dynasty (221-107 B.C.).Few books in the past have been dedicatedsolely to the Qin Dynasty. Ma Su’s Yi Shi (Analytical ...This work of Ma Feibai represents fifty years of hard work in compiling historicaIdata on the Qin Dynasty (221-107 B.C.).Few books in the past have been dedicatedsolely to the Qin Dynasty. Ma Su’s Yi Shi (Analytical History) collected vast amountsof data on the Xia,Shang and Zhou dynasties,and on subsequent eras,yet only abouta dozen of the hundred-some topics treated there,less than one tenth of the total,wererelevant to Qin history.Dong Yue’s Qi Guo Kao (An Investigation of the Seven King-展开更多
文摘This work of Ma Feibai represents fifty years of hard work in compiling historicaIdata on the Qin Dynasty (221-107 B.C.).Few books in the past have been dedicatedsolely to the Qin Dynasty. Ma Su’s Yi Shi (Analytical History) collected vast amountsof data on the Xia,Shang and Zhou dynasties,and on subsequent eras,yet only abouta dozen of the hundred-some topics treated there,less than one tenth of the total,wererelevant to Qin history.Dong Yue’s Qi Guo Kao (An Investigation of the Seven King-
