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Portrait or photograph of Sima Guang: Contemporary painting of Sima Guang (司馬光) of the Song dynasty. Hand scroll, color on paper. Size 24.8 x 34.8 cm (height x

Virtual Memorial

Sima Guang

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Sima Guang, remembered for Historiography, Zizhi Tongjian, Song dynasty scholarship.

1019 - 1086Yuncheng, Shanxi, China
Portrait or photograph of Sima Guang: Contemporary painting of Sima Guang (司馬光) of the Song dynasty. Hand scroll, color on paper. Size 24.8 x 34.8 cm (height x
Contemporary painting of Sima Guang (司馬光) of the Song dynasty. Hand scroll, color on paper. Size 24.8 x 34.8 cm (height x width). Painting is located in the National Palace Museum, Annonymous, National Palace Museum, Taipei ( File:Sima Guang of Song.jpg ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Why Sima Guang Is Remembered

Sima Guang is remembered for historiography, zizhi tongjian, song dynasty scholarship. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Sima Guang.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Yuncheng, Shanxi, China is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Sima Guang's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Sima Guang, courtesy name Junshi, hao Yusou, was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer. He was a high-ranking Song dynasty scholar-official who authored the Zizhi Tongjian, a monumental work of history.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

Photos

Portrait or photograph of Sima Guang: Sima Guang

Sima Guang

Unknown author Unknown author, 清宫殿藏画本. 北京: 故宫博物馆出版社. 1994., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Sima Guang: A/ Yuan You tong bao R/ vide Une sapèque de l'empereur Zhe Zong (1086-1100) de la dynastie des Song du Nord (960-1127), èr

A/ Yuan You tong bao R/ vide Une sapèque de l'empereur Zhe Zong (1086-1100) de la dynastie des Song du Nord (960-1127), ère Yuan You (1086-1093) en écriture cursive de Sima Guang e

Jean-Michel Moullec from Vern sur Seiche (35, Bretagne), France, S196_ZheZong_YuanYou_1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Sima Guang: A/ Yuan You tong bao R/ croissant (à gauche) Une sapèque de l'empereur Zhe Zong (1086-1100) de la dynastie des Song du Nor

A/ Yuan You tong bao R/ croissant (à gauche) Une sapèque de l'empereur Zhe Zong (1086-1100) de la dynastie des Song du Nord (960-1127), ère Yuan You (1086-1093) en écriture cursive

Jean-Michel Moullec from Vern sur Seiche (35, Bretagne), France, S266_ZheZong_YuanYou_1, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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