Sima Qian's calendar was considered revolutionary, setting 365.25 days to a year, and 29.53 days to a month The planet 12620 is named Simaqian in his honour Sima thought the purpose of history was ...
This Chinese proverb comes from a book titled Historical Records, written in 100 BC by China's great historian Sima Qian. He had been sentenced to death but survived by undergoing voluntary ...