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历史学家 lì shǐ xué jiā historian
史家 shǐ jiā historian
史官 shǐ guān scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer
史学家 shǐ xué jiā historian
历史家 lì shǐ jiā historian
马克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name) / Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian
史记 Shǐ jì Records of the Grand Historian, by 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1], first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3]
司马迁 Sī mǎ Qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography
左传 Zuǒ Zhuàn Zuo Zhuan or Tsochuan, Mr Zuo's Annals or Mr Zuo's commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history c. 400 BC attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
欧阳修 Oū yáng Xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
司马光 Sī mǎ Guāng Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by
李维 Lǐ wéi Titus Livius or Livy (59 BC-17 AD), Roman historian
魏征 Wèi Zhēng Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
班固 Bān Gù Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
顾炎武 Gù Yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
黄宾虹 Huáng Bīn hóng Huang Binhong (1865-1955), art historian and literati painter
李贽 Lǐ Zhì Li Zhi (1527-1602), late Ming philosopher, historian and writer
魏源 Wèi Yuán Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
陈寿 Chén Shòu Chen Shou (233-297), Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] historian, author of History of the Three Kingdoms 三國志|三国志[San1 guo2 zhi4]
史 shǐ history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
吴晗 Wú Hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution
张纯如 Zhāng Chún rú Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of the Rape of Nanjing
宋濂 Sòng Lián Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician
沈约 Shěn Yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
纪传体 jì zhuàn tǐ history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian
房玄龄 Fáng Xuán líng Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書|晋书[Jin4 shu1]
兰克 Lán kè Rank (name) / Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), important German historian
令狐德棻 Líng hú Dé fēn Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书
史景迁 Shǐ Jǐng qiān Jonathan D Spence (1936-), distinguished British US historian of China, author of The Search for Modern China 追尋現代中國|追寻现代中国[Zhui1 xun2 Xian4 dai4 Zhong1 guo2]
司马谈 Sī mǎ Tán Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1]
吴任臣 Wú Rèn chén Wu Renchen (1628-1689), Qing dynasty polymath and historian, author of History of Ten States of South China 十國春秋|十国春秋
吴越春秋 Wú Yuè chūn qiū History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔[Zhao4 Ye4], 10 extant scrolls
太史公 Tài shǐ gōng Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]
孙毓棠 Sūn Yù táng Sun Yutang (1911-1985), historian and poet, studied in Tokyo, Oxford and Harvard
崔鸿 Cuī Hóng Cui Hong, historian at the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
左丘明 Zuǒ Qiū míng Zuo Qiuming or Zuoqiu Ming (556-451), famous blind historian from Lu 魯國|鲁国[Lu3 guo2] to whom the history Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4] is attributed
左氏春秋 Zuǒ shì Chūn qiū Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
弗莱威厄斯 Fú lái wēi è sī Flavius (Roman historian of 1st century AD)
春秋左氏传 Chūn qiū Zuǒ shì Zhuàn Mr Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, attributed to famous blind historian Zuo Qiuming 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2] / usually called Zuo Zhuan 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4]
李德林 Lǐ Dé lín Li Delin (530-590), historian of Northern Wei and Sui dynasty
李百药 Lǐ Bǎi yào Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書|北齐书
柯邵忞 Kē Shào mín Ke Shaomin (1850-1933), modern historian, author of New history of the Yuan dynasty 新元史
洪亮吉 Hóng Liàng jí Hong Liangji (1746-1809), poet and historian
海瑞罢官 Hǎi Ruì bà guān Hai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗
瞽阇 gǔ shé blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
范晔 Fàn Yè historian from Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, author of History of Eastern Han 後漢書|后汉书
蔡东藩 Cài Dōng fān Cai Dongfan (1877-1945), historian and historical novelist
蕭一山 xiāo yī shān Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
萧子显 Xiāo Zǐ xiǎn Xiao Zixian (487-537), writer and historian of Liang of Southern Dynasties, compiler of History of Qi of the Southern dynasties 南齊書|南齐书[Nan2 Qi2 shu1]
薛居正 Xuē Jū zhèng Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
赵晔 Zhào Yè Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋
赵尔巽 Zhào Er3 xùn Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
赵翼 Zhào Yì Zhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
道高益安，势高益危 dào gāo yì ān , shì gāo yì wēi More moral strength increases one's safety, more power and influence increases one's danger (idiom, from Records of the Historian 史記|史记). cf Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it (William Pitt the Elder, 1770).
金富轼 Jīn Fù shì Kim Busik (1075-1151), court historian of the Korean Georyo dynasty 高麗|高丽[Gao1 li2], compiler of History of Three Kingdoms 三國史記|三国史记[San1 guo2 shi3 ji4]
长孙无忌 Zhǎng sūn Wú jì Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang
魏收 Wèi Shōu Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書|魏书[Wei4 shu1]
修昔底德 xiū xī dǐ dé Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War
萧一山 Xiāo Yī shān Xiao Yishan (1902-1978), Modern historian of the Qing dynasty
干宝 Gān Bǎo Gan Bao (?-336), Chinese historian and writer, author of In Search of the Supernatural 搜神記|搜神记[Sou1 shen2 Ji4]
翦伯赞 Jiǎn Bó zàn Jian Bozan (1898-1968), Chinese Marxist historian and vice-president of Bejing University 1952-1968
顾野王 Gù Yě wáng Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇[Yu4 pian1]
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