The ninth volume of “Historical Notes” completes the publication of the translation of the work of the ancient Chinese historian Sima Qian (145-87 BC) into Russian. The volume contains the final 20 chapters of the last section of the monument - Le Zhuan ("Biographies"). Of exceptional interest are the chapters describing the life and social structure of the peoples of Central Asia, the Korean Peninsula, and Southern China (the ancestors of the Vietnamese). Ch. amazes with its depth and insight. 129, devoted to the history of business, macroeconomics and political economy of Ancient China. The historical material about the intimate life of the first Han emperors, contained in Chapter. 125, the true revelation is ch. 124, which tells the story of the economic and social power of ubiquitous clan-based criminal structures.