Sima Qian

Sima Qian was a Chinese historian during the early Han dynasty. He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for the Shiji, a general history of China covering more than two thousand years from the rise of the legendary Yellow Emperor and formation of the first Chinese polity to the reign of Emperor Wu of…

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Who was born first?

• Sima Qian was born 9 years after Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus
• Sima Qian was born 14 years after Philo of Larissa
• Sima Qian was born 29 years before Marcus Terentius Varro
• Sima Qian was born 34 years after Dong Zhongshu
• Sima Qian was born 35 years after Apollodorus of Athens

Timeline

1. Apollodorus of Athenscirca 180 BC – 120 BC
2. Dong Zhongshu179–104 BC
3. Philo of Larissa159–84 BC
4. Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus154–74 BC
5. Sima Qian (this page)145–86 BC
6. Marcus Terentius Varro116–27 BC

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