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太史公

Mandarin · pinyin Tài shǐ gōng

Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷 Sī mǎ Qiān refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記 Shǐ jì

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太: tài · very, too, much; big; extreme
史: shǐ · history, chronicle, annals
公: gōng · fair, equitable; public; duke

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4–3–1 · Tai4 shi3 gong1

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taai3 si2 gung1

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(honorific) Sima Qian (Chinese historian, c. 145 BCE–c. 90 BCE)
(rare, honorific) Sima Tan (father of Sima Qian)

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