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Sima Qian
Sima Qian is important in the scope of history because he wrote a major book on the history of China. He systematized and organized much information and a lot of it may have been lost and unknown to us were it not for his work.
Sima Qian, a Chinese historian, died by self-imposed castration as a form of punishment for his perceived failure to complete his historical work. He had been sentenced to death for writing a critical biography of a disgraced emperor but was offered the alternative of castration. Sima Qian chose to undergo the painful procedure instead, ultimately dying from its complications.
The problem that Sima Qian was he wrote a history of China from mythical times to the reign of Wudi because Chinese people had little knowledge of their own history.
Sima Qian
Sima Qian
145 b.C.
Sima Guang lived in China,Kuang-Shan,Hunan.
he created the first chinese calender
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Sima Qian
Sima Qian
Sima Qian is important in the scope of history because he wrote a major book on the history of China. He systematized and organized much information and a lot of it may have been lost and unknown to us were it not for his work.
Sima Qian
Sima Qian, a Chinese historian, died by self-imposed castration as a form of punishment for his perceived failure to complete his historical work. He had been sentenced to death for writing a critical biography of a disgraced emperor but was offered the alternative of castration. Sima Qian chose to undergo the painful procedure instead, ultimately dying from its complications.