Quote Pictures Sima Qian By thehistorianshut - August 12, 2019 Facebook Twitter ReddIt Pinterest Tumblr Email 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). Like this:Like Loading...