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The Great Chinese Historian Sima Qian

The legacy of Sima Qian’s book Shiji has a deep impact, with passion for his country and a determination to fulfill his mission to keep an accurate record of history. Sima Qian went through humiliation and torture to write the famous historic book Shiji. It is as important as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sima Qian (135-86 B.C.), alias Zichang, was ...

Max Lu

Historian Sima Qian.