Editing List of historians (section)

===China===
{{see|Historiography of China}}
*[[Zuo Qiuming]] (左丘明, 556–451 BCE), attributed author of the ''[[Zuo Zhuan]]'', a history of [[Spring and Autumn period]]
*[[Sima Tan]] (司馬談, 165–110 BCE), began the ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]'', completed by his son Sima Qian
*[[Sima Qian]] (司馬遷, c. 145 – c. 86 BCE), customary father of [[Chinese historiography]], compiled the ''Records of the Grand Historian''
*[[Liu Xiang (scholar)|Liu Xiang]] (劉向, 77–76 BCE) ([[Han dynasty]]), organized the Han imperial library
*[[Ban Biao]] (班彪, CE 3–54) ([[Han dynasty]]), began the ''[[Book of Han]]'', completed by his son and daughter
*[[Ban Gu]] (班固, CE 32–92) ([[Han dynasty]]), compiled the ''[[Book of Han]]'', completed by his sister Ban Zhao
*[[Ban Zhao]] (班昭, CE 45–116) ([[Han dynasty]], China's first female historian, completed the ''[[Book of Han]]''
*[[Chen Shou]] (陈寿, 233–297) ([[Jin dynasty (265–420)|Jin dynasty]]) compiled the ''[[Records of the Three Kingdoms]]''
*[[Faxian]] (法顯, c. 337 – c. 422), Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler, wrote an important memoir of his travels to India
*[[Fan Ye (historian)|Fan Ye]] (范曄, 398–445), compiled the ''[[Book of Later Han]]''
*[[Shen Yue]] (沈約, 441–513), wrote the ''[[Book of Song]]'' on the [[Liu Song dynasty]] (420–479)