司马迁

Traditional form:

司馬遷

Pinyin (reading):

Sīmǎ Qiān

Definitions:

• Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記／史记 ( Shǐjì), known as the father of Chinese historiography

Characters:

• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 马 - horse; surname
• 迁 - to shift, to move; to transfer, to change

Traditional characters:

• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 遷 - to shift, to move; to transfer, to change