司马迁,伟大的史学家,思想家,文学家,字子长。西汉武帝时,继父职,任太史令,立志“究天人之际，通古今之辨，成一家之言”以十八年时间写成《史记》，开中国纪传体通史之先河，被国人称之为“史圣”，并被联合国教科文组织列为“世界历史文化名人”。

simaqian ,who was the great historian and thinker and expert of literature in chinese ancient times ,with surname of character called long, in succession to his father's post ,serving as imperial astronomer magistrate /official ,devoting to study the heavenly body, being well versed in the ancient and modern debate and creating a phiosophy of his own ,it took him eighteen years to finish writing the historical records,which has set an exceptional example to the chinese history presented in a series of biographies ,he was called historical saint listed as cultural celebrity in world history by united nations educational scientific and cultural organziation (unesco)