Sima Zhen

Sima Zhen
Traditional Chinese司馬貞
Simplified Chinese司马贞
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSīmǎ Zhēn
Wade–GilesSsu1-ma3 Chen1

Sima Zhen (Chinese: 司馬貞; Wade–Giles: Ssu-ma Chen; 679–732), courtesy name Zizheng (Tzu-cheng; 子正), was a Tang dynasty Chinese historian born in what is now Jiaozuo, Henan.

Sima Zhen was one of the most important commentators on the Shiji.[1] His commentary is known as the Shiji Suoyin (史記索隱), which means "Seeking the Obscure in the Records of the Grand Historian".[2]

  1. ^ Durrant, Stephen W. (January 1995). The Cloudy Mirror: Tension and Conflict in the Writings of Sima Qian. SUNY Press. p. xx. ISBN 9780791426555.
  2. ^ Zhu, Dongrun (1940). Sima Zhen Shiji Suoyin Shuolie. Chengdu: Kaiming Shudian. pp. 141–163.