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Sima Qian is often compared to the Greek historian [[Herodotus]]. Some scholars believe that Herodotus encountered the Sima clan while he traveled across the Persian empire, and that this encounter with Qian's ancestors may inspired him in his own works. This is a controvertial claim, but there is some evidence to support it.<ref>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Herodotus-and-Sima-Qian/Thomas-R-Martin/e/9780312416492</ref>
Sima Qian is often compared to the Greek historian [[Herodotus]]. Some scholars believe that Herodotus encountered the Sima clan while he traveled across the Persian empire, and that this encounter with Qian's ancestors may inspired him in his own works. This is a controvertial claim, but there is some evidence to support it.<ref>http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Herodotus-and-Sima-Qian/Thomas-R-Martin/e/9780312416492</ref>
==Books about Sima Qian in English==
* [[Burton Watson]] (1958) ''Ssu-ma Ch'ien: Grand Historian of China''. New York: Columbia University Press.
* Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang (1974), ''Records of the Historians''. Hong Kong: Commercial Press.
* Qian, Sima and trans. Watson, Burton (1993), ''Records of the Grand Historian: Han Dynasty''. Research Center for Translation, The [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]] and [[Columbia University Press]].
* Qian, Sima and trans. Watson, Burton (1993), ''Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty''. Research Center for Translation,
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