Overview
Grand Historian was a historian.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
RolesHistorian
Found inRecords of the Grand Historian
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 104 to BC 91 太史公曰Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 230-232
Career and standing
- Grand Historian 太史公Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 230
Works and attributed material
- accounts of the hereditary houses 世家言Relation ReaderDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 230
- Historian comment · Author · Direct quotation · Units s0230, s0231, s0232Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 230-232
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Questions why some fathers and sons kill each other and brothers extinguish each other · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 232
- Assessment The deaths of Duke Xuan's crown prince and Shou, like Shen Sheng's, were tragic because they would not injure their fathers' intentions · With Crown Prince of Duke Xuan (宣公之太子) · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passages 230-231
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 37, passage 230
References in the histories
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