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Biographical description of Sima Xiangru
This article is a biography of Sima Xiangru, a famous writer in the Western Han Dynasty. The author uses the writing method of "Biography" (Zhang Xuecheng's "Harmonious Poems on Literature and History") to briefly describe his life's travel to Liang, marriage and communication with foreigners in Southwest China, while the related essays and poems are included in full (Li Jingxing's comments on Historical Records), including Zi Jingxing. The number of words is far more than Sima Qian's own account, which shows that the author "especially loves his prose" (Mao Kun's note on Historical Records) and "Broken heart is long and clear" (Niu Yunzhen's note on Historical Records).

Through these essays, Sima Qian wrote about the poverty of Sima Xiangru, a great poet in the Han Dynasty, and showed his feelings about the great prestige of China feudal society-the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He not only praised the idea of unification and centralization, but also laid out the magnificence of the palace gardens, showing the great wisdom and achievements of the people of China in creating material civilization, advocating the fallacy of forbidding extravagance and thrift, preventing slow progress and persuading them to live forever.

Sima Qian's comments on Xiang Ru and his prose are all contained in Xiang Ru's articles. He affirmed the thrifty theme advocated by Zi Xufu and Shang Fu Lin, and spoke highly of Xiangru's satirical function, which is no different from the Book of Songs, and reflects the author's literary concept of attaching importance to the educational function of his works. In fact, the thoughts of Xiang Ru Wen Fu were all recognized by Sima Qian. He only reflected his thoughts by transmitting the text of the Lord. As the saying goes, "Confucianism is like a man, but he doesn't show any trace" (comments on Li Jingxing's Historical Records). This is also the longest and strangest work of Historical Records, an outstanding example of superb artistic techniques.

The love and marriage story of Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun in the article is rich and colorful, full of novel interest, quite like a vivid novel. Therefore, A Qing Wu Jiansi called him "the ancestor of legendary novels in Tang Dynasty" in Historical Records. It provides excellent examples and original materials for the creation of literary and artistic works in later generations.