Sima Qian (, simplified ; Wade-Giles: Ssu-ma Ch'ien) was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes () of the Han Dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian ( or ), a 'Jizhuanti'-style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to Emperor Wu of Han. His definitive work laid the foundation for later Chinese historiography.
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