Sima Qian was born around 145BCE during the Han dynasty ... The Shiji was by far the most ambitious history book written at the time, comprising more than 130 chapters and stretching back 2,500 ...

The ceremony offering sacrifices to Sima Qian was held in Hancheng, Shaanxi province, Sima Qian's native place, March 29. [Photo/ Chinanews.cn] The ceremony to worship Sima Qian was held in ...

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 ...

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 ...