Thursday, April 16, 2026

Sima Qian

 

Sima Qian (Han Dynasty historian, c. 145-90 BCE)

“When the army goes, our sons go with it.”

  • From The Basic Annals of Qin in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shi ji 5) by Sima Qian, translated by Burton Watson. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

 

Leave a Reply

Discover more from The Historian's Hut

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading