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His shiji, or records of the grand historian, documents the history of china and its neighboring countries from the ancient past to his own time. The yellow emperor was first figure who sima qain established as historical. A twovolume english translation, records of the grand historian of china, was published in 1961. The records of the grand historian, also known as the shiji scribes records, is a monumental history of ancient china and the world finished around 109 bc by the han dynasty official sima qian after having been started by his father, sima tan, grand astrologer to the imperial court.
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