太史公

Traditional form:

太史公

Pinyin (reading):

Tàishǐgōng

Definitions:

• Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷／司马迁 ( Sīmǎ Qiān) refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記／史记 ( Shǐjì)

Characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 史 - history, chronicle, annals
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke

Traditional characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 史 - history, chronicle, annals
• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke