To complete his work Ssu-ma Kuang did the equivalent of drawing from the national budget, had the backing of the emperor, and worked collectively with a group of people. If today some academic institution were to mobilize 50 people and spend ten years to translate and annotate the work no one would find it remarkable.
司馬光完成《資治通鑑》，等於是拿國家預算，有皇帝作後盾，一批人集體工作；如果今天是某學術機構動員五十人，花十年時間完成譯注，不足稱奇。