Overview
The Grand Historian was a historian.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
RolesCommentatorHistorian
Found inRecords of the Grand Historian
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 104 to BC 91 太史公曰Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 272
Career and standing
- Grand Historian 太史公Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 272
Places and affiliations
- Polity Han 漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 272
Works and attributed material
- Records of the Grand Historian 史記Relation AuthorStrongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 272
- Appraisal · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 272-277
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment Zhang Er and Chen Yu were called worthy men by transmitted tradition; their retainers were outstanding; their early pledge unto death later became a struggle for power and mutual destruction, a friendship of advantage unlike Taibo and Jizi of Yanling · With Zhang Er (張耳) · Mode historian-judgment Source Person Id The Grand Historian (太史公)Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passages 272-277
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 89, passage 272
References in the histories
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