>History is written by the victors in all cases. A big counter-example is Sima Qian, who was given the choice of being executed or castrated by the Han Emperor

>History is written by the victors in all cases. A big counter-example is Sima Qian, who was given the choice of being executed or castrated by the Han Emperor. Because he made a promise to his father to write a history of China, he chose castration, and is now considered the father of Chinese history.