Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty ... This is what he said about the young Qin Shi Huangdi, the first emperor of a unified China who ruled from 246 BCE to 210 BCE: "With ...

The First Emperor: Selections from the historical records by Sima Qian, edited by K.E. Brashier ... postures and facial expressions. Emperor Qin's Terracotta Army: Michael Capek, 2008 The story ...

Sima Qian was the great historian and man of letters ... from First Emperor in Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) to Emperor Wu of Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) in Book of History--Sacrifices to ...

Author of the Shi Ji (Records of the Grand Historian), Sima Qian told the history of China in the 2nd century BC in way nobody had done before; interviewing participants, influencing views on who ...

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 ...

According to writings of court historian Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's construction shortly after taking the throne. More than 700,000 laborers worked on ...

Free speech has long had a high price in China. Here Sima Qian ponders his privates - and posterity - in a tale that still resonates after more than 2,000 years.