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Shiji

The Shiji (traditional Chinese: 史記; simplified Chinese: 史记; pinyin: Shǐjì; lit. 'Historical Records'), also known as Records of the Grand Historian or The Grand Scribe's Records (traditional Chinese: 太史公書; simplified Chinese: 太史公书; pinyin: Tàishǐgōng shū), is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It…

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Author
Sima Qian
Publication date
c. 91 BC
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
s-rəʔ C.krəʔ-s · *l̥ˤat-s s-rəʔ C.qˤung s-ta
Chữ Hán
史記
Hangul
사기
Hanyu Pinyin
Shǐjì · Tàishǐgōng shū

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Nodes111
Edges110
Triples252
Avg. degree1.98
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related to External links · 38
Shiji → Allen, An Pingqiu, Century Publishing Group, Chapters, Charles, Chinese, Chinese Text Project, Early Literature, East, English, Entirety, Grand Historian, Grand Scribe, Herbert, Horne, Internet Archive, Internet Sacred Text Archive, Introductory Chapter, Journal, Medieval China
related to "Basic Annals" · 20
Shiji → Autumn Annals, Basic Annals, China, Chinese, Chu, Emperor Hui, Emperor Yi, Empress Dowager Lü, First Emperor, Five Emperors, Han, In, Qin, Shang, Sima, Spring, The, Xia, Xiang Yu, Zhou
related to Further reading · 20
Shiji → China, Dorothee, Ess, Geschichtsschreibung, Han, Hans, Hanshu, Harrassowitz, Hou Hanshu, ISBN, Joseph, Pan-ma, Politik, Review, Schaab-Hanke, The Western Regions, T’oung Pao, Wiesbaden, Xiongnu, Yap
related to history · 20
Shiji → AD, After Sima's, BC, Chang'an, Chu Shaosun, Eastern Han, Grand Historian, Grand Scribe, Han, It, Little, Several, Shiji's, Sima Qian, Sima Tan, Sima's, Ten, The, Tàishǐ, Xi'an
related to Transmission and supplementation by other writers · 19
Shiji → After, BC, Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu's, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Zhao, In, Letter, Ren An, Sima Qian, Sima Qian's, Sima Ying, That, The, The Shiji, These, Yang Yun, Yellow Emperor, Zhenghe
related to Editions · 18
Shiji → AD, Beijing, Chinese, Collected Annotations, Huang Shanfu's, In, Jinling Publishing House, Northern Dynasties, Northern Song, Sanjia, Sanjiazhu, Scribal Records, Southern, Southern Song, The, The Combined Annotations, Three Experts, Zhonghua Book Company
related to Title · 16
Shiji → Chinese, Eventually, Grand Historian, Historian, Historical Records, However, In English, Records, Sima Qian's, Taishigongji, Taishigongshu, Taishigongzhuan, The, The Grand Scribe's Records, This, Three Kingdoms
related to Manuscripts · 13
Shiji → Dunhuang, Ishiyama-dera, Japan, Japanese, Kyoto, Kōzan-ji, Only, Portions, Several, Song, Tang, Tokyo, Tōyō Bunko
related to "Ranked Biographies" · 12
Shiji → About, Biographies, Boyi, Chinese, Confucian, Laozi, Ranked Biographies, Shang, Sima Qian's, Taoism, The, Unlike
related to Contents · 11
Shiji → Chinese, Endymion Wilkinson, Even, Hebrew Bible, His, Later, Peloponnesian War, Sima Qian, The Shiji, Thucydides' History, Until

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sima qian dynasty chinese text chapters records bc han work historian emperor historical annals also grand china chapter first biographies

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShijiAuthorSima Qian1.00infobox
ShijiBaxter–Sagart (2014)s-rəʔ C.krəʔ-s1.00infobox
ShijiBaxter–Sagart (2014)*l̥ˤat-s s-rəʔ C.qˤung s-ta1.00infobox
ShijiChữ Hán史記1.00infobox
ShijiHangul사기1.00infobox
ShijiHanyu PinyinShǐjì1.00infobox
ShijiHanyu PinyinTàishǐgōng shū1.00infobox
ShijiHokkien POJSú-kì1.00infobox
ShijiHokkien POJThài-sú-kong su1.00infobox
ShijiIPA[ʂɻ̩̀.tɕî]1.00infobox
ShijiIPA[si˧˥ kej˧]1.00infobox
ShijiIPA[tʰâɪ.ʂɻ̩̀.kʊ́ŋ ʂú]1.00infobox
ShijiJyutpingSi2-gei31.00infobox
ShijiJyutpingTai3-si2-gong1 syu11.00infobox
ShijiKanji史記1.00infobox
ShijiLanguageClassical Chinese1.00infobox
ShijiLiteral meaning"Historical Records"1.00infobox
ShijiLiteral meaning"Records of the Grand Historian"1.00infobox
ShijiMiddle Chineseʂí-kì1.00infobox
ShijiMiddle ChineseTʰài ʂí kuwng sho1.00infobox
ShijiPublication datec. 91 BC1.00infobox
ShijiPublication placeChina1.00infobox
ShijiRevised RomanizationSagi1.00infobox
ShijiRomanizationSy-ci1.00infobox
ShijiRomanizationShiki1.00infobox
ShijiSimplified Chinese史记1.00infobox
ShijiSimplified Chinese太史公书1.00infobox
ShijiSubjectHistory1.00infobox
ShijiTraditional Chinese史記1.00infobox
ShijiTraditional Chinese太史公書1.00infobox

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