Sima Qian · Civilisations

The Records of the Grand Historian

How Sima Qian created the <em>Shiji</em> - a vast, comprehensive history of the entire Chinese world from its origins to his own day - and founded the Chinese historical tradition.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Sima Qian’s Shiji created Chinese historiography with a comprehensive, multi-part structure. Explain its scope and form, and what was new about it, in your own words.

Leads to Herodotus.

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