Sima Qian
c. 145–c. 86 BCE
Chinese historian who wrote the Records of the Grand Historian.
- Known as
- Historian
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 145 BCE, Hejin
- Died
- c. 86 BCE
Alive at the same time as Sima Qian
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Portrait: Unknown, Public domain.
