司马谈

Traditional form:

司馬談

Pinyin (reading):

Sīmǎ Tán

Definitions:

• Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷／司马迁 ( Sīmǎ Qiān)

Characters:

• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 马 - horse; surname
• 谈 - to talk, to chat; conversation; surname

Traditional characters:

• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 談 - to talk, to chat; conversation; surname