Chinese historians of subsequent dynastic periods in China used his Shiji as the official format for historical texts, as well as for biographical literature.
Kᾰl tənfusen wi-n chinois ən tinayiwen ti əlkamnen dᾰɣ Chine, ᾰɗkalnᾰt awa-s itawanna (Shiji) nes šund awa ᾰtwasabdadᾰn fᾰl esawe y-ikətba n ən tanfust ed ajaraw əs teɣᾰre əs awa-t-illan fall-asnᾰt.