* 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 )

There was court intrigue between the political rivals of the Reformers and Conservatives, led by the chancellors Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, respectively.

For example, Zigong was from the Wey state and Sima Niu was from the Song state.

Sima Niu, in contrast to Yan Hui, was from a hereditarily noble family hailing from the Song state.

The first systematic Chinese historical text, Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian, was written by Sima Qian.

Sima Qian was born and grew up in Longmen, near present-day Hancheng in a family of astrologers.

Due to intensive training by his father, by the age of ten, Sima Qian was already well versed in old writings.

After his travels, Sima was chosen to be a Palace Attendant in the government, whose duties were to inspect different parts of the country with Emperor Han Wudi.

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

In 105 BC, Sima was among the scholars chosen to reform the calendar.

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

Sima was the only person to defend Li Ling, who had never been his friend but whom he respected.

Since Sima did not have enough money to atone his " crime ", he chose the latter and was then thrown into prison, where he endured three years.

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.

The Chinese historical form of dynasty history, or Jizhuanti history of dynasties, was codified in the second dynastic history by Ban Gu ’ s ( 班固 ) History of Han ( 漢書 ), but historians regard Sima ’ s work as their model, which stands as the " official format " of the history of China.

Although Sima was the Prefect of the Grand Scribes in the Han government, he refused to write Shiji as an official history covering only those of high rank.

In 1929 the satellite group around the journal Le Grand Jeu, including Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Maurice Henry and the Czech painter Josef Sima, was ostracized.

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.

In these circumstances, a General ( Jiangjun 將軍 ) led a division, which was divided into regiments led by Colonels and sometimes Majors ( Sima 司馬 ).

Noted Han historian Sima Qian was scornful of such practices, dismissing them as foolish trickery.

Sima Qian relates that the dynasty itself was founded 13 generations later, when Xie's descendent Tang overthrew the impious and cruel final Xia ruler in the Battle of Mingtiao.

Sima Yan was born to Sima Zhao and his wife Wang Yuanji, daughter of the Confucian scholar Wang Su ( 王肅 ), in 236, as their oldest son.

Sima Zhong was born to Sima Yan and his wife Yang Yan in 259, while Sima Yan was still the assistant to his father, the Cao Wei regent Sima Zhao.

After Empress Jia, in jealousy, deposed the crown prince Sima Yu ( born not of her but of her husband's concubine Consort Xie Jiu ) in 299, there was a conspiracy to overthrow her and restore the crown prince.

Sima Rui was born in 276 in the then-Jin capital Luoyang, as the son of Sima Jin ( 司馬覲 ) the Prince of Langye and his wife Princess Xiahou Wenji ( 夏侯文姬 ).

Sima Yi was born in 342, to Emperor Cheng and his concubine Consort Zhou, who was also the mother of his only brother, Sima Pi, who was one year older than he was.

Sima Yu was born in 320, as the youngest son of Emperor Yuan, by his favorite concubine Consort Zheng Achun ( 鄭阿春 ).

Sima Dezong was the oldest son of Emperor Xiaowu, born of his concubine Consort Chen Guinü in 382.

Even though he had a younger brother, Sima Dewen, born of Consort Chen as well ( in 385 ), who was described to be intelligent and careful, and who learned to take care of him throughout the years, for reasons unknown, Emperor Xiaowu appeared to have never seriously considered making Sima Dewen his heir, and in 387, Sima Dezong was created crown prince.

Sima Dewen was born to Emperor Xiaowu of Jin and his concubine Consort Chen Guinü in 386, as their second son, four years after Consort Chen had given birth to their oldest son, Sima Dezong.

Sima was born near Fogaras, in Transylvania ( part of Austria-Hungary at the time ).

* Sima Nan ( born 1956 ), Chinese television pundit and journalist

It is not known when Sima Shi was born, but it is known that he was Sima Yi's oldest son, born of Sima Yi's wife, Lady Zhang Chunhua ( 張春華 ).