Sima Guang (17 November 1019 – 11 October 1086), courtesy name Junshi, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty...

characters. In 1065, Emperor Yingzong of Song commissioned his official, Sima Guang (1019–1086), to lead a project to compile a universal history of China...

historian Sima Guang used Wei's era names and thus affirmed the legitimacy of Wei's succession to Han in his universal history Zizhi Tongjian. Sima Guang explained...

Shenzong's goals were opposed by the conservatives, particularly Fu Bi and Sima Guang, who were concerned with his expansion of monarchical power and who wanted...

Xuanling, is Sima Zhao was not informed until the evening before the incident. Historians such as Sima Guang disregard this view and assert Sima Zhao was...

younger brother Sima Zhao from the discussion (although Sima Guang found this unlikely and, in his Zizhi Tongjian, opined that Sima Yi planned the coup...

period before his grandnephew, Sima Yan (Emperor Wu), usurped the Wei throne in 266 and established the Jin dynasty. Sima Guang, author of Zizhi Tongjian,...

Sima Zhao (pronunciation) (Chinese: 司馬昭; pinyin: Sīmǎ Zhāo; 211 – 6 September 265), courtesy name Zishang (子上), was a Chinese military general, politician...

(阿跌) 8. Huxue (斛薛). Duan, "Dingling, Gaoju and Tiele", p. 53, 542–547. Sima Guang (1985). A Translation (in Vernacular Chinese) and Annotation of Zizhi...

in contrast to their rivals, the Conservatives, led by the Chancellor Sima Guang. Wang Anshi's ideas are usually analyzed in terms of the influence the...