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  1. 1 day ago · The Chinese historian Sima Qian – and much Chinese historiography following him – considered the Yellow Emperor to be a more historical figure than earlier legendary figures such as Fu Xi, Nüwa, and Shennong. Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian begins with the Yellow Emperor, while passing over the others.

  2. Jun 20, 2024 · Sima Qian (司馬遷), Prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han Dynasty, wrote Shiji (史記), which has been described as a "foundational text in Chinese civilization."

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  3. Jun 11, 2024 · Qin tomb, major Chinese archaeological site near the ancient capital city of Chang’an, now near the modern city of Xi’an. It is the burial site of the emperor Shihuangdi and is perhaps best known as the location where 8,000 life-size terra-cotta warriors were discovered in 1974.

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  4. 4 days ago · According to the Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian (91 BCE), the great military strategist Sun Wu, whom we know as Sun Tzu or Master Sun, served the state of Wu at the end of the Spring...

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    3 days ago · Sima Qian states that he drew stories from the Classic of Poetry and the Book of Documents. In particular he relied heavily on a collection of prefaces to each of the Documents , which scholars believe was added either late in the Warring States period or early in the Han dynasty.

  6. 4 days ago · The great historian of the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), Sima Qian, once climbed Lushan Mountain, and wrote about it in his classic The Records of the Great Historian. Bailudong Shuyuan (White Deer Cave Academy) was the most famous of the four biggest academies in ancient China, and enjoys high prestige in the Chinese history of education.

  7. Jun 18, 2024 · Not only did that practice inspire the innovative style of the grand historian Sima Qian (c. 145–c. 87 bce), but it was also widely employed by others writing dynastic histories in imperial China. Dong Zhongshu: The Confucian visionary. Like Sima Qian, Dong Zhongshu (c. 179–c. 104 bce) took the Chunqiu absolutely seriously.