145 BC – 86 BC · Chinese
Chinese historian of the Western Han dynasty. Called the father of Chinese historiography, he authored the monumental Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji).
“좋은 약은 입에 쓰나 병에 이롭고, 충직한 말은 귀에 거슬리나 행동에 이롭다”
— 가장 많이 사랑받은 명언
“Good medicine tastes bitter but cures illness; honest words offend the ear but benefit conduct.”