Sima Qian was the great historian and man of letters in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24). He collected and detailed grand ceremonies of heaven worship on the top of Mount Tai made by ancient ...

Sima Qian was born and grew up in Longmen, near present-day Hancheng, Shaanxi. He was raised in a family of astrologers. His father, Sima Tan, served as the Prefect of the Grand Scribes of Emperor Wu ...

Sima, Qian approximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 B.C https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!849933~!0 ...

The birthplace of China’s first historian is trying to transit from an industrial city to a cultural attraction by holding a grand worship ceremony every year among several other events. This year, ...

The agenda of Oriens Extremus is summed up in the journal’s new subtitle, “Kultur, Geschichte, Reflexion in Ostasien” (culture, history, and thought in East Asia). Oriens Extremus publishes ...

A new study has corroborated an account of the Han conquest of the Nanyue kingdom in southern China (203-111BC) by ancient historian Sima Qian. The researchers also linked the watershed military ...