Qin and Han · Historian

Sima Qian 司馬遷

Attested BC 100

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sima Qian was a historian.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 100 太史公曰
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passage 138

Works and attributed material

Historian judgment · Author · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Sima Qian (司馬遷)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 58, passages 138-139

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 58House of Prince Xiao of Liang · 1 passage

太史公曰：梁孝王雖以親愛之故，王膏腴之地，然會漢家隆盛，百姓殷富，故能植其財貨，廣宮室，車服擬於天子。 The Grand Historian remarks: King Xiao of Liang was granted fertile lands because of the close affection he enjoyed. Yet he was able to amass such wealth, expand his palaces, and adopt carriages and robes rivaling those of the Son of Heaven only because his reign coincided with the flourishing of the Han dynasty. At that time, the common people were prosperous and well-off.