Editing Sima Qian (section)

==Further reading==
*Markley, J. ''Peace and Peril. Sima Qian's portrayal of Han - Xiongnu relations'' (''Silk Road Studies'' XIII), Turnhout, 2016, {{ISBN|978-2-503-53083-3}}
*Allen, J. R. "An Introductory Study of Narrative Structure in the ''Shi ji''" pages 31–61 from ''Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews'', Volume 3, Issue 1, 1981.
*Allen, J. R. "Records of the Historian" pages 259–271 from ''Masterworks of Asian Literature in Comparative Perspective: A Guide for Teaching'', Armonk: Sharpe, 1994.
*Beasley, W. G. & Pulleyblank, E. G. ''Historians of China and Japan'', Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961. 
*Dubs, H. H. "History and Historians under the Han" pages 213–218 from ''Journal of Asian Studies'', Volume 20, Issue # 2, 1961.
*Durrant S. W. "Self as the Intersection of Tradition: The Autobiographical Writings of Ssu-Ch'ien" pages 33–40 from ''Journal of the American Oriental Society'', Volume 106, Issue # 1, 1986.
*Cardner, C. S. ''Traditional Historiography'', Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970.
*Hardy, G. R. "Can an Ancient Chinese historian Contribute to Modern Western Theory?" pages 20–38 from ''History and Theory'', Volume 33, Issue # 1, 1994.
*Kroll, J. L. "Ssu-ma Ch'ien Literary Theory and Literary Practice" pages 313–325 from ''Altorientalische Forshungen'', Volume 4, 1976.
*Li, W. Y. "The Idea of Authority in the ''Shi chi''" pages 345–405 from ''Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies'', Volume 54, Issue # 2, 1994.
*Moloughney, B. "From Biographical History to Historical Biography: A Transformation in Chinese Historical Writings" pages 1–30 from ''East Asian History'', Volume 4, Issue 1, 1992.