第19页 緒論

沒有太多證據證明公元前141－公元前187年間的政策都是由年紀尚輕的武帝親自決策或主導的。甚至到了公元前91－公元前90年的巫蠱之禍時，武帝的表現仍然稱不上果斷強勢。
首先，應作「公元前141－公元前87年間」。另外，因擔心譯者曲解作者原意，摘錄原文如下（pp. 16）：
There is little to show that the decrees of 141 to 87 BCE derived from the mind of the young Wudi or that he played a leading role in the activities that marked his reign. The part that he played in the crisis that beset the dynasty in 91–90 can hardly argue that he was a man of forceful personality or decisive character.
譯者的翻譯是合理的。武帝主要的施政路線即為中央集權（如設立中朝以削弱相權），這個論述真是令人費解。