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Did Sima Qian finish the Records of the Grand Historian during his tenure as Grand Historian?
Yes
No, it was completed many years after
It's unknown
He never finished it
Answer
The answer is no; Sima Qian did not complete the Records of the Grand Historian during his tenure as Grand Historian. He was imprisoned for defending a general who surrendered to the Xiongnu, forcing him to instead work on the project in secret for over a decade. He eventually finished it in his later years, after he was released from prison.
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