When Sima Qian was old, he wrote the Records of the Historians 5

55-year-old "Historical Records" is an epoch-making symbol in China's history, which established the basic format for the compilation of ancient Chinese history books, and is a great work of "studying heaven and man, through the changes of the past and the present, and becoming the words of a family", and is Sima Qian's extremely valuable contribution to China's national culture, especially history. The book includes 130 chapters and 526,500 words.

Sima Qian (c. 145-90 BC), a native of Xiayang (now Hancheng, Shaanxi), was a native of Xiayang, Zuo Fengyi. He began to read ancient books at the age of 10, and he studied very seriously, and when he encountered difficult problems, he always had to think repeatedly until he understood them. At the age of 20, Sima Qian set out from Chang'an and traveled to various places.

Later, he returned to Chang'an and became Langzhong. Lang Zhong guarded the palace gates, managed the chariots, and traveled with the emperor. He traveled with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty several times and visited many places.

At the age of 35, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent him as an envoy to Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. He learned about the customs and people of some ethnic minorities there. After the death of his father Sima Tan, in 108 BC (the third year of Yuan Feng), Sima Qian succeeded him as Taishi Ling.

In 104 B.C. (the first year of Taichu), he and astronomer Tang Du and others made the "Taichu Calendar". In the same year, he began to write the "Historical Records". In 99 BC (the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty), Li Ling attacked the Xiongnu, was defeated and surrendered, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious.

Sima Qian defended Li Ling, angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and ** was imprisoned. He paid money to atone for his sins in accordance with the provisions of the Han Dynasty decree and was "corrupted". In 96 BC (the first year of Taishi), he was pardoned and released from prison, made a Chinese writing order, and was in charge of the emperor's documents.

He wrote the book with great enthusiasm and devoted himself to writing the "Records of the Historians", and finally completed the writing and revision of the whole book at the age of about 55. In addition to the "Historical Records", Sima Qian also wrote 8 articles, all of which have been dispersed, but the "Art and Literature Gathering" volume 30 cites a fragment of "The Sorrowful Man Does Not Meet the Fu". He also wrote the "Book of Reporting to Ren'an", which recorded his experience of being imprisoned and punished and his ambition to repair history.

The book said that he had lost all his teeth after writing "Historical Records" at the end, and he was very old, more than fifty years old.

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Sima Qian was a historian and writer in the Western Han Dynasty of China. At the age of 20, he began to travel all over the country, inspecting many historical and cultural sites. In 108 BC, when he was 38 years old, he inherited his father's business, officially made the "Taishi Ling", and prepared for the writing of the "Historical Records", and at the age of 42, he officially wrote the "Historical Records".

In 99 BC, Sima Qian angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for defending the defeated Li Ling, and was imprisoned and sentenced to palace punishment. In order to complete the unfinished "Historical Records", he endured and reluctantly completed the first general history of our country in 91 BC.

In this way, it is estimated that he should complete the "Historical Records" at the age of 50.

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