During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

Demon Force Photo: Courtesy of Douban Amid the bustling Spring Festival holiday, a curious trend emerged in Central China's ...

Writings by Chinese historian Sima Qian 100 years after Qin Shu Huang's death claim "Palaces and scenic towers for a hundred ...

Anyone who produces a work of history in China “does it in the shadow of one writer”, says Rana Mitter – Sima Qian. Sima Qian was a court official whose writing was distinctive in its ...

This Chinese proverb comes from a book titled Historical Records, written in 100 BC by China's great historian Sima Qian. He had been sentenced to death but survived by undergoing voluntary ...