In 2011, archaeologists in China unearthed nine tombs guarded by the famous Terracotta Army, the 8,000 life-size sculptures ...

Sima Qian's calendar was considered revolutionary, setting 365.25 days to a year, and 29.53 days to a month The planet 12620 is named Simaqian in his honour Sima thought the purpose of history was ...

GANSU- A number of foreign journalists from different countries visited Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring in Dunhuang City ...

Archaeologists are terrified to open the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China's first emperor who has been buried for 2,200 years. The tomb of Qin Shu Huang, who ruled from 221 BC to 210 BC, is guarded by a ...

This Chinese proverb comes from a book titled Historical Records, written in 100 BC by China's great historian Sima Qian. He had been sentenced to death but survived by undergoing voluntary ...

Anyone who produces a work of history in China “does it in the shadow of one writer”, says Rana Mitter – Sima Qian. Sima Qian was a court official whose writing was distinctive in its ...