| 司马保 | sī mǎ bǎo | Sima |  |
| 矽镁层 | xī měi céng | sima (geology) / silicon and magnesium layer in earth's crust | |
| 司马 | Sī mǎ | Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima | |
| 司马迁 | Sī mǎ Qiān | Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], known as the father of Chinese historiography | |
| 司马懿 | Sī mǎ Yì | Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty | |
| 司马光 | Sī mǎ Guāng | Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴 | |
| 资治通鉴 | Zī zhì Tōng jiàn | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls | |
| 驷马 | sì mǎ | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls | |
| 司马炎 | Sī mǎ Yán | Sima Yan (236-290), founding emperor of Jin dynasty 晉|晋[Jin4] after the Three Kingdoms period, reigned 265-290 as Emperor Wu of Jin 晉武帝|晋武帝[Jin4 Wu3 di4] | |
| 纪传体 | jì zhuàn tǐ | history genre based on biography, such as Sima Qian's Record of the Historian | |
| 三马同槽 | sān mǎ tóng cáo | three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons) / conspirators under the same roof | |
| 马工枚速 | Mǎ gōng Méi sù | Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom) / to each his good points | |
| 司马昭之心路人皆知 | Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī | lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom) / fig. an open secret | |
| 司马昭 | Sī mǎ Zhāo | Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4] | |
| 司马承帧 | Sī mǎ Chéng zhēn | Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty | |
| 司马昭之心路人所知 | Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī | Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone / fig. an open secret | |
| 司马法 | Sī mǎ Fǎ | “Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1] | |
| 司马穰苴 | Sī mǎ Ráng jū | Sima Rangju (c. 800 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), military strategist of the Qi State 齊國|齐国[Qi2 guo2] and author of “Methods of Sima&rdquo / 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1] | |
| 司马谈 | Sī mǎ Tán | Sima Tan (-110 BC), Han dynasty scholar and historian, and father of 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] | |
| 太史公 | Tài shǐ gōng | Grand Scribe, the title by which Sima Qian 司馬遷|司马迁[Si1 ma3 Qian1] refers to himself in Records of the Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4] | |
| 类篇 | Lèi piān | Leipian, Chinese character dictionary with 31,319 entries, compiled by Sima Guang 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] et al in 11th century | |
