Sima Qian

Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BCE)

"A true Son of Heaven takes the whole world within the four seas to be his family."

• From the Records of the Grand Historian (Shi Ji) by Sima Qian. Sima Qian wrote this quote in the character of the Han advisor, Xiao He. Translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1993).

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