* 265 – Sima Yan, the successor to his father Sima Zhao as the Cao Wei regent, forces Cao Huan to abdicated the throne and establishes the Jin Dynasty.

This claim was made by Jiao Yu in his Huolongjing Quanzhi ( Fire-drake Manual in One Complete Volume ), his preface written in 1412 AD ( although the book was originally published in the mid 14th century ), and that Zhuge had used not only " fire weapons " but land mines in the Battle of Hulugu Valley against the forces of Sima Yi and his son Sima Zhao of the Wei Kingdom.

* Sima Jun, father of Sima Fang, grandfather of Sima Yi, great grandfather of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao ( d. 197 )

* Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji, wife of Sima Zhao ( d. 268 )

* Sima Shi, son of Sima Yi, older brother of Sima Zhao and general of Wei ( b. 208 )

* Zhang Chunhua, wife of Sima Yi, mother of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao ( b. 189 )

The Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Tan ( d. 110 BCE ) and his son Sima Qian ( 145 – 86 BCE ) established the standard model for all of imperial China's Standard Histories, such as the Book of Han written by Ban Biao ( 3 – 54 CE ), his son Ban Gu ( 32 – 92 CE ), and his daughter Ban Zhao ( 45 – 116 CE ).

* Cao Mao, ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei ( killed in an abortive coup d ' état against Sima Zhao ) ( b. 241 )

* Jiang Wei tries to restore the Kingdom of Shu by persuading Zhong Hui to declare a rebellion against Sima Zhao, ruler of Cao Wei.

* Sima Zhao, general of Wei, son of Sima Yi ( b. 211 )

* Empress Dowager Wang Yuanji, wife of Sima Zhao ( b. 217 )

* Sima Zhao, son of Sima Yi, younger brother of Sima Shi and general of Wei ( b. 211 )

In 225, Cao Pi advanced against Sun Quan's Wu, and entrusted Sima Yi with command over the capital in his absence.

Sima quickly advanced east before Wang could be ready and promised to pardon him.

Meanwhile, Huan advanced east toward the capital and, after he made overtures to Liu, Liu turned against Sima Yuanxian.

However, as Sima Yi was able to conquer Gongsun Yuan quickly, Sun Quan never launched the major attack that he considered if Sima got stuck in a stalemate with Gongsun.

Jiang Wei quickly saw that Zhong Hui had other ideas — Zhong considered his abilities superior to all Wei generals, even Sima Zhao, and wanted to overthrow Sima.

Shouchun was quickly regained by Wei under Sima Zhao's command.

In 255, generals Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin started a rebellion against the Sima clan in Shouchun, but were quickly crushed by Sima Shi's forces.

However, Sima Yi was already on his way and reached Xincheng in 8 days, quickly defeating the unprepared Meng Da, who was killed in the battle.

Initially, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi shared power, but Cao Shuang quickly used a number of political maneuvers to honor Sima with honorific titles including Grand Tutor while stripping his actual power.

Sima Rui quickly declared that he was going to act against Han Zhao, but then quickly claimed a lack of supplies and cancelled the campaign.

Sima Daozi, as regent, was constantly drunk and greatly trusted Wang Guobao ( 王國寶 ) and Wang Xu ( 王緒 ) because of their flattery, and his regency quickly developed a reputation for being corrupt and incompetent.

Zhong Hui, who had plans to rebel himself, quickly forged letters that further damaged the relations between Sima Zhao and Deng Ai beyond repair, and Sima ordered Deng to be arrested.

Sima Shi put together a group of 3, 000 loyal men without knowledge by Cao Shuang or his associates, and when Sima Yi set to carry out his plans in 249, Sima Shi was able to quickly summon the men to carry out the coup.

Sima Shi was a capable politician and administrator, but he also quickly wanted to prove his military reputation.

In reaction to the removal of Cao Fang, in 255, the general Wuqiu Jian, the commander in the important eastern city of Shouchun ( 壽春, in modern Lu ' an, Anhui ), along with another general Wen Qin ( 文欽 ), raised a rebellion against the Simas, but were quickly crushed by Sima Shi's army.

Sima received an injunction barring the sale of this device, but the parties ultimately settled without a judgment on the legal issues.

In 110 BC, at the age of thirty-five, Sima Qian was sent westward on a military expedition against some " barbarian " tribes.

As a senior imperial official, Sima was also in the position to offer counsel to the emperor on general affairs of state.

Emperor Han Wudi interpreted Sima ’ s defence of Li Ling as an attack on his brother-in-law, who had also fought against the Xiongnu without much success, and sentenced Sima to death.

In 96 BC, on his release from prison, Sima chose to live on as a palace eunuch to complete his histories, rather than commit suicide as was expected of a gentleman-scholar.

Before compiling Shiji, in 104 BC, Sima Qian created Taichuli ( 太初曆, which can be translated as ' The first calendar ') on the basis of the Qin calendar.

A star catalogue is featured in one of the chapters of the late 2nd-century-BC history work Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian ( 145-86 BC ) and contains the " schools " of Shi Shen and Gan De's work ( i. e. the different constellations they allegedly focused on for astrological purposes ).

In Ancient China, Chinese world history, that of China and the surrounding people of East Asia, was based on the dynastic cycle articulated by Sima Qian in circa 100 BC.

Sima Qian's model is based on the Mandate of Heaven.

The Northeastern limit of the Eastern China Sea Nomo Saki ( 32 ° 35 ' N ) in Kyūshū | Kyusyu to the South point of Fukuejima | Hukae Sima ( Gotō Islands | Goto Retto ) and on through this island to Ose Saki ( Cape Goto ) and to Hunan Kan, the South point of Jeju-do | Saisyu To ( Quelpart ), through this island to its Western extreme and thence along the parallel of 33 ° 17 ' North to the mainland and the Western limit of the Inland Sea circuitously as " The Southeastern limit of the Japan Sea ".

Sima Qian stated, based on preceding Chinese records ( Bamboo Annals ), that the Xiongnu's ruling clan were descendants of Chunwei ( 淳維 " Chun tribes "), possibly a son of Jie, the final ruler of the legendary Xia Dynasty ( c. 2070 – 1600 BC ).

* King Hui of Qin decides on the advice of General Sima Cuo to invade and annex the ancient states of Ba and Shu in Sichuan to increase Qin's agricultural output and obtain a strategic platform to defeat the state of Chu.

While Sima Qian never mentioned the terracotta army, the statues were discovered by a group of farmers digging wells on March 29, 1974.

According to historian Sima Qian ( 145 – 90 BC ), work on this mausoleum began in 246 BC soon after Emperor Qin ascended the throne ( then aged 13 ), and the full construction later involved 700, 000 workers.

During the Tang period, the ornate, artificial style of prose developed in previous periods was replace by a simple, direct, and forceful prose based on examples from the Hundred Schools ( see above ) and from the Han period, the period in which the great historical works of Sima Tan and Sima Qian were published.

In August 1954, when Horia Sima, who led the Iron Guard during its exile, was rejected by a faction inside the movement, Mircea Eliade's name was included on a list of persons who supported the latter — although this may have happened without his consent.

: The Northern limit of the South China Sea Fuki Kaku the North point of Formosa to Kiushan Tao ( Turnabout Island ) on to the South point of Pingtan Island | Haitan Tao ( 25 ° 25 ' N ) and thence Westward on the parallel of 25 ° 24 ' North to the coast of Fujian | Fukien < nowiki ></ nowiki >, thence from Santyo the Northeastern point of Formosa to the West point of Yonakuni Island and thence to Haderuma Sima ( 24 ° 03 ′ N, 123 ° 47 ′ E ).

: From Haderuma Sima a line including the Miyako Retto to the East point of Miyako Sima and thence to Okinan Kaku, the Southern extremity of Okinawa Sima through this island to Ada-Ko Sima ( Sidmouth Island ) on to the East point of Kikai Sima ( 28 ° 20 ' N ) through Tanegra Sima ( 30 ° 30 ' N ) to the North point thereof and on to Hi-Saki ( 31 ° 17 ' N ) in Kyusyu.