Sunday, March 8, 2026

Sima Qian

 

Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE)

“When the branches grow bigger than the roots, then something must break.”

  • Records of the Grand Historian (Shi Ji 107) by Sima Qian. Translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1993).

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