Shiki 1 (Shogakukan Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Shi Huang, Huang Yu, Liu Bang, and the Wu Emperor. ...... The history of ancient China dynamically unfolds as heroes and heroic figures appear one after another. The world-famous history book written by Shiba Qian, adapted into a comic book by the master artist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, is now available in a paperback edition! After a checkered half-life, the Chinese historian Shiba Qian completed "Shiji," following in the footsteps of his father, Shiba Dan. The magnificent story begins with this first volume. The first volume contains five stories, including "Shiba Qian" and "The Famous Prime Minister Guanzhong". Shiba Qian was praised as a genius from his childhood. Although his talent was recognized by all, he had a long period of disadvantage after becoming a bureaucrat of the Han Dynasty. Just when his talent was finally being recognized, a tragedy occurred. He was humiliated by the Emperor Wu and had his manhood cut off. However, Shiba Qian was inspired to carry on his father's legacy of respect for the need to preserve the past history for future generations. Although the Wu emperor did not punish him, he highly valued his talent and created a new position for him called "Zhongshujiang. Taking full advantage of this position, which allowed him free access to the court's books, Shiba Qian worked on writing a history book, and after about 10 years, he wrote a total of 130 volumes of history books. He spent about 10 years writing a history book, which he called "Shiji", the great history book he put his life on the line for... ( Episode 1 ). Characters: Sima Qian ( ep. 1 ), Guanzhong ( ep. 2 ), Princess Yi ( ep. 3 ), Wen Gong ( Earl ) ( ep. 4 ), Corporal Castle ( ep. 5 ) Sima Dan, Emperor Wu, Li Ling ( ep. 1 ), Bao Shu, Duke Hwan ( ep. 2 ), Duke Chen ( ep. 3 ), King Huigong [ Yigo ] ( ep. 4 ), King Ping, Sun Wu ( ep. 5 )

始皇帝、項羽、劉邦、武帝……。英雄・豪傑たちが次々に登場して、ダイナミックに展開する古代中国の歴史。司馬遷が精根こめて著した世界的な歴史書を、巨匠・横山光輝がコミック化した名作が、文庫版で登場! 中国、前漢の歴史家・司馬遷は、波瀾の半生を経たのち、父・司馬談の遺志を継いで『史記』を完成させた。壮大な物語は、この第1巻から始まる。「司馬遷」、「名宰相・管仲」ほか、全5話を収録。 あらすじ 幼少時から天才の誉れ高かった司馬遷。その才能は誰もが認めるものであったが、漢の官僚となってからは、長く不遇の時代が続いた。しかも彼の才覚がようやく認められつつあった頃、その身に悲劇が起こる。武帝の逆鱗に触れ、男根を切り取られるという屈辱的な刑罰宮刑に処せられてしまったのだ。だが過去の歴史を後世に残さなければならないという、尊敬する父の遺志を継ぐべく、司馬遷は発奮。武帝も刑は与えたものの、彼の才能を高く評価していたので、司馬遷のために「中書令」という新しい役職を作る。司馬遷は、宮廷の書を自由に見ることのできるこの役職をフルに利用し、歴史書の執筆に取り組み、約10年の歳月ののち、全130巻にも及ぶ歴史書を書き上げた。彼が命を懸けて記した一大歴史書『史記』は、こうして完成したのである…(第1話)。 登場人物 司馬遷(第1話)、管仲(第2話)、驪姫(第3話)、文公〔耳子〕(第4話)、伍子胥(第5話) 司馬談、武帝、李陵(第1話)、鮑叔、桓公(第2話)、献公(第3話)、恵公[夷吾](第4話)、平王、孫武(第5話)