Sima Qian studied under Kong Anguo and Dong Zhongshu in his early years, roaming around, learning about customs and collecting rumors. As a first-time doctor, he served in the southwest. In the third year of Yuanfeng (108), he was appointed as the Taishiling, inherited his father's business and wrote history.
He created China's first biography and general history book (formerly known as Taishi Gongshu) with the historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between man and nature, understanding the changes from ancient times to modern times, and making a family statement".
It is recognized as a model of China's history books, which records more than 3,000 years' history from the legendary period of the Yellow Emperor to the first year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is the first of the "twenty-five histories" and is praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme".
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Major achievements:
1, literature history
In 9 1 year BC (the second year of Zheng He), Historical Records was written. There are 130 articles in the whole book, with more than 526,500 words, among which there are 12 biographies, 30 biographies, 70 biographies, 10 tables and 8 books, which have a great influence on later generations.
Known as "a true record, trusting history", it was praised by Mr. Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme", ranking first among the "four histories" of the previous generation, and being called "a double gem of history" together with Zi Tongzhi Jian.
Step 2 think
Sima Qian expressed his thoughts of governing the country through reform and development through the mouth of Laozi. It retains the core of Taoism and nature, and consciously eliminates the thought of "small country and few people" in primitive society and "creating man" in slave society, and embodies the thought of "keeping pace with the times" which has won the essence of Taoism. Its core is the unity of man and nature, and its essence is human desire.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Sima Qian