Qin and Han · Historian

Grand Historian 太史公

Tài Shǐ Gōng

Attested BC 145 - BC 90

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Historian was a historian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 145 to BC 90 太史公曰
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passage 163

Works and attributed material

Historian comment · Author · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Grand Historian (太史公)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 96, passages 163-167

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 96Biography of Chancellor Zhang · 1 passage

太史公曰：「張蒼文學律歷，為漢名相，而絀賈生、公孫臣等言正朔服色事而不遵，明用秦之顓頊歷，何哉？ The Grand Historian says: "Zhang Cang was learned in texts, law, and calendrics, and became a famous chancellor of Han. Yet when Jia Yi, Gongsun Chen, and others argued for correcting the calendar's starting point and the ritual colors, he rejected their proposals and did not follow them, plainly continuing to use Qin's Zhuanxu calendar. Why?