Sima Qian

child of:

• Sima Tan

  Sources: Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian), The Early Chinese Empires: Qin and Han

wrote:

• Records of the Grand Historian

  Sources: Encyclopædia Britannica

Appears in3 items

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  Early Imperial China2 items
  • The Taichu calendar · committee member104 BCE O.S.
  • Sima Qian completes the Shiji · authorc. 91 BCE O.S.
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  Halley’s Comet Through History1 item
  • Qin astronomers log a “broom star” · chronicler25 May 240 BCE O.S.

Mentioned in14 items

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  Dynasties of China3 items
  • Meng Tian’s long walls215 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The burning of the books213 BCE O.S.
  • Empress Dowager Lü takes charge195 BCE O.S.
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  Early Imperial China9 items
  • 
    Shangc. 1,600 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The Zhou conquer the Shang at Muyec. 1,046 BCE O.S.
  • The Gonghe Regency: the first sure date841 BCE O.S.
  • 
    The oldest Daodejing, buried at Guodianc. 300 BCE O.S.
  • Battle of Changping260 BCE O.S.
  • Meng Tian’s long walls215 BCE O.S.
  • The First Emperor is buried under Mount Li210 BCE O.S.
  • Xiang Yu burns Xianyang206 BCE O.S.
  • Surrounded at Baideng200 BCE O.S.
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  Philosophy2 items
  • The oldest Daodejing, buried at Guodianc. 300 BCE O.S.
  • The Qin burns the books213 BCE O.S.

Sources

1. WebsiteEncyclopædia Britannica