Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song

Klein, Esther Sunkyung

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“…Variations in the layer stacking of quasi-twodimensional (quasi-2D) materials can sometimes have important effects on material properties. For example, the chromium trihalides CrX 3 (X=Cl, Br, I) have interlayer magnetic coupling that changes with layer stacking [1][2][3], and MoTe 2 is reported to be a Weyl semimetal in its lowtemperature T d phase but not in its higher-temperature 1T phase [4,5]. These materials are also examples where stacking changes can be conveniently induced by modifying an external parameter such as temperature [6,7].…”

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Large change of interlayer vibrational coupling with stacking in Mo$_{1-x}$W$_{x}$Te$_{2}$

Schneeloch,

Tao,

Fernandez-Baca

et al. 2021

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Stacking variations in quasi-two-dimensional materials can have an important influence on material properties, such as changing the topology of the band structure. Unfortunately, the weakness of van der Waals interactions makes it difficult to compute the stacking dependence of properties, and even in a material as simple as graphite the stacking energetics remain unclear. Mo1−xWxTe2 is a material in which three differently-stacked phases are conveniently accessible by temperature changes: 1T , T * d , and the reported Weyl semimetal phase T d . The transitions proceed via layer sliding, and the corresponding interlayer shear mode (ISM) is relevant not just for the stacking energetics, but for understanding the relationship between the Weyl physics and structural changes. However, the interlayer interactions of Mo1−xWxTe2 are not well understood, with wide variation in computed properties. We report inelastic neutron scattering of the ISM in a Mo0.91W0.09Te2 crystal. The ISM energies are generally consistent with the linear chain model (LCM), as expected given the weak interlayer interaction, though there are some discrepancies from predicted intensities. However, the interlayer force constants Kx in the T * d and 1T phases are substantially weaker than that of T d , at 76(3)% and 83(3)%, respectively. Considering that the relative positioning of atoms in neighboring layers is approximately the same regardless of overall stacking, our results suggest that longer-range influences, such as stacking-induced electronic band structure changes, may be responsible for the substantial change in the interlayer vibrational coupling and, thus, the C55 elastic constant. These findings should elucidate the stacking energetics of Mo1−xWxTe2 and other van der Waals layered materials. * Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan).

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Large change of interlayer vibrational coupling with stacking in Mo$_{1-x}$W$_{x}$Te$_{2}$

Schneeloch,

Tao,

Fernandez-Baca

et al. 2021

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“…5 Scholars mostly focus on the ten chapters presumably lost at the early stage of the Shiji's transmission that were only amended by later editors and compilers such as Chu Shaosun 褚少孫 as well as individual chapters such as Shiji 117 and 123. For the textual history and challenges to the authenticity of Shiji chapters, see Klein 2018: 41-76. 6 See Zhang 2018.…”

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Framing the Qin collapse: redaction and authorship of theShiji史記

Tong

2021

Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques

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This paper explores the relationship between the Shiji’s authors and their sources by examining how they constructed the historical narrative of the fall of the Qin Empire. While Sima Qian and his father Sima Tan have been traditionally credited as the authors of the Shiji, their authorial voice was recently challenged by scholars. In response to the revisionist view, this paper discerns that the Shiji maintains a consistent narrative of the Qin collapse, which is generated through rigorous source redactions whereby Sima Qian and/or Sima Tan were able to incorporate their ideological agenda and personal opinions in subtle ways that are almost invisible to the reader. With such anonymity, the historiographers succeeded in establishing the authority of their historical narratives. Rather than simply juxtaposing the narratives of their sources, the Simas indeed authored their “patterned past” of the Qin collapse. However, the past constructed in the Shiji comprises various independent narratives whose plausibility is contingent upon the respective epistemic quality of their evidence rather than a harmonious discourse.

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Sima Qian and the “Creation” of China

Durrant¹

2019

A Companion to World Literature

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Sima Qian's comprehensive history of early China, Historical Records ( Shiji ), exerts enormous influence upon subsequent historical writing in China. The syncretic and comprehensive structure of this history is a textual reflection of the Han Empire, which reached its height during the reign of Han Emperor Wu. Sima Qian, perhaps under the influence of his father Sima Tan, creates a complex structure for historical writing that will influence all subsequent official historiography in China and have impact in Japan and Korea as well. Historical Records has also been admired for its literary qualities, which are particularly evident in the “Arrayed Traditions” or “Biographies” section. Since becoming known to Western scholars, certain comparisons with Western categories and institutions have both enriched and in some ways distorted understanding of this great text.

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Reading Sima Qian from Han to Song

Cited by 17 publications

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Large change of interlayer vibrational coupling with stacking in Mo$_{1-x}$W$_{x}$Te$_{2}$

Large change of interlayer vibrational coupling with stacking in Mo$_{1-x}$W$_{x}$Te$_{2}$

Framing the Qin collapse: redaction and authorship of theShiji史記

Sima Qian and the “Creation” of China

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