Sima Zhen (Chinese:司馬貞;Wade–Giles:Ssu-ma Chen; 679–732),courtesy name Zizheng (Tzu-cheng; 子正), was aTang dynasty Chinese historian born in what is nowJiaozuo,Henan.

Sima Zhen was one of the most important commentators on theShiji.^[1] His commentary is known as theShiji Suoyin (史記索隱), which means "Seeking the Obscure in theRecords of the Grand Historian".^[2]

• Schwaab-Hanke, Dorothee,Why did Sima Zhen want to correct the Shiji's account of High Antiquity? Paper submitted to the IJSCS Conference 'Thought, Body, Culture. New Approaches to Chinese Historical Studies', to be held at the National Ts'ing-hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Nov. 12-14, 2004. Clickhere for herpreliminary draft.

• Shiji "Records of the Grand Scribe" — Chinaknowledge.de.
• Ricci Library Catalog

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