Quote of the day
After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve.
Sima Qian
Born: 145 BC
Died: 86 BC (aged 59)
Bio: Sima Qian, formerly romanized Ssu-ma Chien, was a Chinese historian of the Han dynasty.
Known for:
- Records of the Grand Historian (91 BC)
- The grand scribe's records
- Les mémoires historiques de Se-ma-Tsʼien
- Selections from Records of the Historian







