How Long to Read The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII

How Long Does it Take to Read The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 45 minutes to read The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII by Ssu-ma Ch'ien

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This volume is part of the first complete translation (in nine volumes) of the Shih chi (The Grand Scribe's Records), one of the most important narratives in traditional China. Compiled by Ssu-ma Ch'ien (145-c. 86 B.C.), it draws upon most major early historical works and was the foremost model for style and genre in Chinese history and literature through the eleventh century A. D., and through the early twentieth century for some genres. Volume 7, The Memoirs of Pre_Han China, translates twenty-eight Lieh-chuan or "memoirs" which depict more than a hundred men and women: sages and scholars, recluses and rhetoricians, persuaders and politicians, commandants and cutthroats of the Ch'in and earlier dynasties. Although the memoirs also begin with what is now often considered myth—an account of the renowned recluses Po Yi and Shu Ch'i—the emphasis in these texts is on the fate of various states and power centers as seen through the biographies of key individuals from the seventh to the third centuries B. C.

How long is The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII?

The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII by Ssu-ma Ch'ien is 806 pages long, and a total of 206,336 words.

This makes it 272% the length of the average book. It also has 252% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 47 minutes to read The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII aloud.

What Reading Level is The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII?

The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume VII is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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