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Ssu-ma Kuang
Sima Qian
Sima Qian (or Ssu-ma Ch'ien) (
c.145–85 BC) Chinese historian, an official at the court of the
HAN emperor Wudi. His
Historical Records is a history of China from earliest times to the days of Wudi, and is a model for later dynastic histories. As well as recounting ancient myths, he provided much source material, quoting inscriptions from old bronzes and imperial decrees from the archives. One section of the work,
Assorted Traditions, has lively biographies of generals, poets, scoundrels, and court ladies. Angered by his defence of a general forced to surrender to the
XIONGNU, Wudi had him castrated. Although such punishment often led officials to commit suicide he decided to live on to complete his history.
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Meeting of Minds: Intellectual and Religious Interaction in East Asian Traditions of Thought.(Review) (book review)
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...American scholarship: the attitudes of such figures as Ssu-ma Kuang, Ch'eng I, Chu Hsi, and Ts'ai Yan-ting toward...Chu and Ts'ai took geomancy seriously, although Ssu-ma and Ch'eng viewed it with apprehension) but also provides...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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KNOW IT ALL.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/7/2003; 352 words
; ...What was the very first history book ever written? A: The first one that is known was a history of China written by Ssu-ma Kuang in 1050. Q: Situated in the desert of Arizona is a town called Snowflake. Was this a spoof? A: No. The town was...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Football peers made moniker for Meatloaf
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 11/27/2003; 683 words
; ...What was the very first history book ever written? A: The first one that is known was a history of China written by Ssu-ma Kuang in 1050. Q: When my grandmother said she cleaned every "nook and cranny" she meant she did a thorough job of cleaning...
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The Inner Quarters: Marriage and the Lives of Chinese Women in the Sung Period.
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...The bulk of Ebrey's material is based on primary works from the Sung. She draws on material from two texts by Ssu-ma Kuang (1019-86) and one by Yuan Ts'ai (ca. 1140-ca. 1195) that offer advice on family relations and ethical issues...
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To Establish Peace: Being the Chronicle of Later Han for the Years 189 to 220 a.d. as Recorded in Chapters 59 to 69 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...classic work, The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms (220-265): Chapters 6978 from the Tzu chih t'ung chien of Ssu-ma Kuang (2 vols., Harvard, 1952), they fill the remaining gap of a continuous translation that spans more than a century...
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HUANG T'ING-CHIEN'S "INCENSE OF AWARENESS": POEMS OF EXCHANGE, POEMS OF ENLIGHTENMENT.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...figures show a new development in T'ang, the real escalation comes in the Sung: Mei Yao-ch'en 143 Shao Yung 30 Ssu-ma Kuang 27 Wang An-shih 11 Su Ch'e 26 Chang Lei 34 Ch'en Shih-tao 16 Ou-yang Hsiu 10 Wen T'ung 22 Liu Ch'ang...
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Essays on Tang and pre-Tang China.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Another article continuing in this vein is the important study on "Chinese Historical Criticism: Liu Chih-chi and Ssu-ma Kuang" (from the now classic symposium volume. Historians of China and Japan, ed. Pulleyblank and W.G. Beasley...
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Ssu-ma Kuang
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Ssu-ma kuang Ssu-ma kuang (1019-1086) was one of the greatest Chinese historians and a leading conservative statesman. The family home of Ssu-ma Kuang was in Shan-chou, Shansi, but he was born, on Nov. 17, 1019, in Kuang-shan...
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Ts'ao Ts'ao
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Further Reading The long résumé of events from 180 to 220 found in the Tzu-chih t'ung-chien of Ssu-ma Kuang was translated by Rafe de Crespigny as The Last of the Han (Centre of Oriental Studies, Monograph 9, Australian...
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