During the Qin dynasty, the First Emperor ordered for most books written about past rulers and history to be burned due to fear of being criticized by them. The Qin dynasty did not last long, but the Han dynasty took over and ruled China for centuries. Those who disobeyed the emperor are sentenced to prison and were forced to pay a huge fine or kill themselves. The Han dynasty had an enemy called the Xiongnu, nomadic people who raids China for empowerment.
The document is about Sima Qian who lived during the Han Dynasty era and was twenty when he took over his father’s job as Grand Astrologer after his father died and was entrusted to continue his secret project by writing the work of history, something that was not part of their official
The document is about Sima Qian who lived during the Han Dynasty era and was twenty when he took over his father’s job as Grand Astrologer after his father died and was entrusted to continue his secret project by writing the work of history, something that was not part of their official