Sima Qian
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Born | c. 145 or 135 BC Longmen, Han China (nou Hejin, Shanxi) |
Dee'd | 86 BC |
Thrift | Historian |
Kent for | Records o the Grand Historian |
Kin | Sima Tan (faither) |
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Traditional Chinese | 司馬遷 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 司马迁 | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 子長 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 子长 | ||||||||||||
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Sima Qian (Szu-ma Chien; c. 145 or 135 BC – 86 BC) wis a Cheenese historian o the Han dynasty. He is considered the faither o Cheenese historiografie for his wirk, the Records o the Grand Historian, a Jizhuanti-style (纪传体) general history o Cheenae, coverin mair nor twa thoosand years frae the Yellae Emperor tae his time, durin the reign o Emperor Wu o Han. Altho he wirked as the Court Astrologer (Cheenese: 太史令; Tàishǐ Lìng), later generations refer tae him as the Grand Historian (Cheenese: 太史公; taishigong or tai-shih-kung) for his monumental wirk.
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- 145 BC births
- Writers frae Shaanxi
- Han Dynasty historians
- 2nt-century BC historians
- 1st-century BC historians
- Han Dynasty eunuchs
- Han Dynasty poets
- 86 BC daiths
- Cheenese prisoners sentenced tae daith
- Prisoners sentenced tae daith bi Cheenae
- 1st-century BC poets
- Han Dynasty politeecians
- Politeecians frae Shaanxi
- Cheenese astrologers