There is also the material of those historical records 5

In addition to the original text of "Historical Records", there is also Sima Qian's "Book of Bao Ren'an", a very shocking article known as the originator of prose. and also wrote in detail the reasons why Sima Qian made the "Historical Records".

Originally known as "Taishi Gong" or "Taishi Gongji" or "Taishi Gongji", "Taishi Ji", it is a historical book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, and is the first general history in Chinese history, recording the history of more than 3,000 years from the era of the Yellow Emperor in ancient legends to the four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

In the first year of Taichu, Sima Qian began the creation of the "Taishi Gongshu", which was later known as the "Historical Records". It took 14 years for the work to be completed. The whole book of "Historical Records" includes 12 books, 30 families, 70 biographies, 10 tables (chronology of major events), and 8 books.

The "Historical Records" has a total of 130 articles and more than 526,500 words.

It is more than 395,000 words more than "Huainanzi" and more than 288,000 words more than "Lü's Spring and Autumn". The scale of the "Records of the Historians" is huge, the system is complete, and it has a deep influence on the subsequent chronicles of the historical books, and the official histories of all dynasties are written in this genre. The "Records of the Historians" is listed as the first of the 24 histories.

Together with the later Book of Han, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, they are collectively known as the first four histories, which have had a profound impact on the development of historiography and literature in later generations. The method of compiling history in the form of chronicles pioneered by him has been inherited by the official histories of later dynasties. The Records of the Historian is also considered an excellent literary work and has an important place in the history of Chinese literature.

Historical Records is China's first biographical history book, known as "Taishi Gongshu", a total of 130 articles, there are 12 books, 10 tables, 8 books, 30 families, 70 biographies, 526,515 words. Among them, the book and the biography are the main body. It records the history of 3,000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Shiji refers to many classics, such as "Zuo Chuan", "Chinese", "Shiben", "Warring States Policy", "Chu Han Spring and Autumn" and Zhuzi Baijia, etc., as well as archives and folk ancient books. As early as 20 years old, Sima Qian left the capital Chang'an to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers, inspected historical sites on the spot, and learned about many anecdotes of historical figures, as well as the folk customs and economic life of various places.

In order to inherit the spirit of Confucius's "Spring and Autumn", the Sima family sorted out and discussed the history of the previous generation. The Book of Sui and the Book of Records said: "Tan Nai is based on "Zuo's Spring and Autumn", "Chinese", "Shiben", "Warring States Policy", and "Chu Han Spring and Autumn".

It can be seen that Sima Tan intends to continue to compile the historical events after the Spring and Autumn Period. The "Historical Records" takes the "Feng Zen Book" as one of its eight books, which shows the meaning of his ancestors.

Sima Qian's inheritance of the "Spring and Autumn Period" is not only to formally inherit the Taoist system since the Duke of Zhou, but also to attach importance to the nature of the "Spring and Autumn Period", he said in the "Taishi Gong Self-Introduction": "Fu "Spring and Autumn", the way of the three kings of the Ming Dynasty, the discipline of personnel under the Ming, don't be suspicious, know right from wrong, hesitate, good and evil, virtuous and lowly, survive the country, follow the peerless, make up for the abolition, and the great one of the royal road is also ......"Spring and Autumn" uses morality to set aside the troubled times, and on the contrary, it is not close to "Spring and Autumn". It can be seen that Sima Qian has been fond of the "righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period" and "Spring and Autumn brushwork" for a long time, which is that he wants to inherit the true intention of Confucius, uphold the spirit of praise and disapproval of the "Spring and Autumn Period", and write the "Historical Records".

The Records of the Historians is a general history of the ancient Chinese historian Sima Qian, which is divided into 12 books and 130 chapters, and was completed between 109 BC and 91 BC. "Historical Records" takes "chronicle style" as the main way of writing, that is, historical events as the main line, and reflects the development and evolution of history through the life deeds of characters. The Records of the Historians is rich in content, including the history from antiquity to the Qin Dynasty, involving political, military, economic, cultural and other aspects, and is one of the important works of ancient Chinese historiography and one of the important documents in the history of world historians.