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The 61 pages that link to Sima Qian, each with the reason it gives.

• Duke Mu of QinRelated: His biography of Duke Mu helped transmit the ruler’s later reputation.

• Modu ChanyuRelated: His history provides the fullest surviving narrative of Modu's rise.

• Partition of JinRelated: His history preserves influential narratives used to explain Jin’s fragmentation.

• Sima XiangruRelated: His account preserved the poet’s life and shaped later understanding of it.

• Western HanRelated: His account preserves narratives of Han origins and the wider ancient world.

• Di XinRelated: His account became a major source for later narratives of Di Xin and the Shang collapse.

• Sun BinRelated: His biography of Sun Bin shaped much of the received account of the strategist’s life.

• ChiyouRelated: His history gave a lasting written form to traditions about Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor.

• Li MuRelated: His account is the chief surviving narrative of Li Mu’s life and campaigns.

• Ryōtarō ShibaRelated: Shiba derived his pen name from a Japanese reading of Sima Qian’s name.

• Xu FuRelated: His history preserves the story of Xu Fu’s mission and reported destination.