Notable people
48 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
Scholars
Historian
Historians who wrote, compiled and checked histories in annals-biography, chronicle and topical forms
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In an archive hall, tall wooden shelves hold scrolls and bound books with small tags, and one person climbs a ladder with their back turned; a long table in front holds an unrolled river map, a bronze lamp and a copper jug, with a city wall seen through the window.
Historians are people who wrote, compiled and checked history, in forms such as the dynastic histories of annals and biographies, year-by-year chronicles, topical narratives and comprehensive histories of institutions. Besides recording events, some created new formats or set methods for weighing sources. They differ from thinkers and educators in that writing and examining history is their main achievement.
People in this role
- Zuo QiumingDates unknown; late Spring and Autumn period, roughly a contemporary of Confucius
- Sima Tanc. 165 BCE–110 BCE
- Sima Qianc. 145 BCE–c. 90 BCE (birth by another account 135 BCE)
- Huan Kuan100 BCE–50 BCE
- Liu Xiangc. 77 BCE–6 BCE
- Liu Xinc. 50 BCE–23 CE
- Ban Gu32 CE–92 CE
- Ban Zhaoc. 45 CE–c. 117 CE
- Zhao YeDates unknown; active in the early Eastern Han (by one estimate, the reigns of Emperors Ming to An)
- Cai Yong132 CE–192 CE
- Ying ShaoDates unknown; active under Emperors Ling and Xian of Eastern Han (c. 168–204 CE)
- Huangfu Mi215 CE–282 CE
- Xu ZhengDates unknown; lived in the state of Wu during the Three Kingdoms
- Du Yu222 CE–285 CE
- Chen Shou233 CE–297 CE
- Sima Biaoc. 244 CE–306 CE
- Gan Baoc. 286 CE–c. 336 CE
- Chang QuDates unknown; Cheng-Han cavalier attendant who urged Li Shi to surrender to Jin in 347, then wrote the Huayang Guozhi under Jin (c. 348–354)
- Xi ZuochiDates unknown; mid Eastern Jin, died c. 384 CE
- Pei Songzhi372 CE–451 CE
- Fan Ye398 CE–445 CE
- Huijiao497–554
- Yang Xuanzhic. 500 - c. 560
- Wei Shou507–572 CE (birth also given as 506)
- Yao Silian557 CE–637 CE
No people in this role for that dynasty.