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title: Sima Qian
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# Sima Qian
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/2282.jpg)
## Image Caption
Painted portrait of [Sima Qian](https://www.worldhistory.org/Sima_Qian/) (c. 145-86 BCE). Although he is commonly referred to as a Chinese historian, he was actually the Grand Astrologer at the court of Emperor Wu of [Han](https://www.worldhistory.org/Han_Dynasty/) (r. 141 and 87 BCE).
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[Original image](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sima_Qian_(painted_portrait).jpg) by [**ZazaPress**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sima_Qian_(painted_portrait).jpg). Submitted by [Cristian Violatti](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/violatti/ "User Page: Cristian Violatti"), published on 05 February 2014. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.