Frasi di Sima Qian

Sima Qian, o Ssu-ma chen o Ssi-ma chen , è stato uno storico cinese.

Fu uno dei più grandi storici della Cina antica; ereditò dal padre Sima Tan la carica di Prefetto dei Grandi Scribi presso la corte di Wu Di , il più importante imperatore della dinastia Han. Nel 99 a.C. fu condannato all'evirazione per aver preso le difese del generale Li Ling, che era caduto in disgrazia, ma sopravvisse alla vergogna per portare a termine la prima grande opera storiografica cinese, lo Shiji , basata su varie fonti raccolte negli archivi di corte e che vennero dallo stesso verificate durante numerosi viaggi di studio per tutta la Cina. Lo Shi Ji tratta della storia della Cina dai primordi fino alla caduta della dinastia Qin ed i primi anni della dinastia Han, circa duemila anni di storia. fu preso come modello per tutte le storie dinastiche redatte dalle dinastie successive e costituisce una fonte storica di valore incalcolabile. Il suo lavoro rappresenta il fondamento della storiografia cinese. Wikipedia  

✵ 145 a.C. – 86 a.C.
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Sima Qian: Frasi in inglese

“The King of Wu said,"Enough, general. Retire to your hostel, We do not wish to come down and observe." Sun Tzu said, "The king only loves the words, he cannot make use of the reality." After this, Ho-lu knew that Sun Tzu could command troops and in the end appointed him commander. [Later when Wu] defeated mighty Ch’u to its west and entered its capital Ying awed Ch'i and Chin to its north and spread its fame among the feudal lords, it was due in part to Sun Tzu.”

Sima Qian libro Records of the Grand Historian

translated by Tsai-fa Cheng, Zongli Lu, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., and Robert Reynolds, in The Grand Scribe’s Records, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
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Records of the Grand Historian

“I myself have travelled west as far as K'ung-t'ung, north past Cho-lu, east to the sea, and in the south I have sailed the Yellow and Huai Rivers. The elders and old men of these various lands frequently pointed out to me the places where the Yellow Emperor, Yao, and Shun had lived, and in these places the manners and customs seemed quite different. In general those of their accounts which do not differ from the ancient texts seem to be near to the truth.”

Sima Qian libro Records of the Grand Historian

translation by Burton Watson
I once traveled west to Mount K’ung-t'ung and passed Cho-lu [Mountain] in the north; to the east I drifted along the coast, and to the south I floated over the Huai River and the Chiang. Wherever I went, all of the village elders would point out for me sites of The Huang-ti, Yao and Shun. The traditions were certainly very different from each other. In sum, [those accounts of the elders] which were not far from the ancient-text versions [of the classics], tend to be plausible.
translated by Tsai-fa Cheng, Zongli Lu, William H. Nienhauser, Jr., and Robert Reynolds, in The Grand Scribe’s Records, edited by William H. Nienhauser, Jr.
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Records of the Grand Historian

“There is no fixed road to wealth, and money has no permanent master.”

Sima Qian libro Records of the Grand Historian

Records of the Grand Historian
Origine: Translated by Burton Watson. Shiji 129: The Biographies of the Money-makers.

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