History glossary
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian's monumental history of China's past, combining chronology, biography, court history, and moral judgment.
- Category
- Text
- Region
- China
- Date range
- c. 1st century BCE
What it means
Records of the Grand Historian, written by Sima Qian and completed in the Han period, is a monumental history of China from legendary antiquity to the author's own age, combining chronology, biography, court history, and moral judgment.
