Birth at Xiayang
· Xiayang, Zuopingyi (near modern Hancheng, Shaanxi, China)
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain; this file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. · file Sima Qian was born at Xiayang in the Han administrative region of Zuopingyi, near modern Hancheng in Shaanxi. This is the earliest documented physical presence in his life. The year is approximate and the article notes an alternative estimate of about 135 BC. Coordinates represent modern Hancheng because the ancient Xiayang site is not precisely fixed in the cited text.
