Concept
Shiji
Overview
historical record of ancient China by Sima Qian
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the black-haired people were transformed. The result was universal concord.[1] The first date which can be assigned with precision in Chinese history is that of an eclipse of the sun in 776 B.C.[2] There is no reason to doubt the general correctness of the records for considerably earlier times, but their exact chronology cannot be fixed. At this period, the Chou dynasty, which fell in 249 B.C. and is supposed to…
Bertrand Russell, The Problem of China
Close in meaning to Shiji; the term itself is not named.
Alluding to the matter of the Chief of the Ki family worshipping on Tai-shan, [7] the Master said to Yen Yu, "Cannot you save him from this?" He replied, "It is beyond my power." "Alas, alas!" exclaimed the Master, "are we to say that the spirits of T'ai-shan have not as much discernment as Lin Fang?" Of "the superior man," the Master observed, "In him there…
Confucius, Chinese literature
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Tsz-chang asked if it were possible to forecast the state of the country ten generations hence. The Master replied in this manner: "The Yin dynasty adopted the rules and manners of the Hia line of kings, and it is possible to tell whether it retrograded or advanced. The Chow line has followed the Yin, adopting its ways, and whether there has been deterioration or improvement may also be determined. Some other line…
Confucius, The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches
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Philosophers who discussed Shiji
- Zhuang Zhou
- Zhuangzi (book)
- Shen Buhai
- Shang Yang
- Li Si
- Confucius
- Xunzi (philosopher)
- Han Fei
- Laozi
- Zou Yan
- Gongsun Hong
Related ideas
- Sima Tan
- Book of Han
- Lu (state)
- Beijing
- Warring States period
- Qing dynasty
- Sima Qian
- Tokyo
- Hebrew Bible
- Taoism
- Thucydides
- Spring and Autumn Annals
- Emperor Wu of Han
- Joseph Needham
- Qin (state)
- History of the Peloponnesian War
- Ming dynasty
- Tang dynasty
- Three Kingdoms
- Han dynasty
- Zhou dynasty
- Shang dynasty
- Song dynasty
- Confucianism
Opposing perspectives
Place in the tradition
Part of Hundred Schools of Thought.