Sima Zhen

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Not to be confused with Sima Qian.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sima (Ssu-ma).
Sima Zhen
Hanyu Pinyin
Sīmǎ Zhēn
Wade–GilesSsu1-ma3 Chen1

Sima Zhen (Chinese: 司馬貞; Wade–Giles: Ssu-ma Chen; 679–732), courtesy name Zizheng (Tzu-cheng; 子正), was a Tang dynasty Chinese historian born in what is now Jiaozuo, Henan.

Sima Zhen was one of the most important commentators on the

Shiji.[1] His commentary is known as the Shiji Suoyin (史記索隱), which means "Seeking the Obscure in the Records of the Grand Historian".[2]

References

  1. ISBN 9780791426555
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  2. ^ Zhu, Dongrun (1940). Sima Zhen Shiji Suoyin Shuolie. Chengdu: Kaiming Shudian. pp. 141–163.

Further reading

  • Schwaab-Hanke, Dorothee, Why did Sima Zhen want to correct the Shiji's account of High Antiquity? Paper submitted to the IJSCS Conference 'Thought, Body, Culture. New Approaches to Chinese Historical Studies', to be held at the National Ts'ing-hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 12-14, 2004. Click here for her preliminary draft.

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