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Sima Qian, illustration from 'The Three Powers' by Sancai Tuhui, 1609 (woodcut)

Sima Qian, illustration from 'The Three Powers' by Sancai Tuhui, 1609 (woodcut)
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Sima Qian, illustration from 'The Three Powers' by Sancai Tuhui, 1609 (woodcut)
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Chinese School (17th century) / Chinese
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British Library, London, UK
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woodcut
Date
1609 AD (C17th AD)
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Sima Qian (c. 145 or 135 BC – 86 BC) was a Chinese historian of the Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his work, the Records of the Grand Historian, a Jizhuanti-style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to his time, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. Although he worked as the Court Astrologer, later generations refer to him as the Grand Historian (taishigong or tai-shih-kung) for his monumental work. Wang Qi compiler

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