During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

These traps were all placed on the tombs of nobles and leaders from the era. According to Chinese historian Sima Qian in ...

Writings by Chinese historian Sima Qian 100 years after Qin Shu Huang's death claim "Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred ...

Anyone who produces a work of history in China “does it in the shadow of one writer”, says Rana Mitter – Sima Qian. Sima Qian was a court official whose writing was distinctive in its ...

This Chinese proverb comes from a book titled Historical Records, written in 100 BC by China's great historian Sima Qian. He had been sentenced to death but survived by undergoing voluntary ...