2. Read biographies first, then family and biographies, and don't start from scratch.
3. Forms are for inquiry, not required reading.
4. Finally, I read eight historical records.
You can read the biography repeatedly first and do it every two days. Until you are familiar with Sima Qian's writing, read the family history, and then read the biography. Read this summary backwards, not from the beginning.
Introduction to the work:
Historical Records written by Sima Qian in Han Dynasty is the first biographical general history in China history, which records the history of more than 3,000 years from Huangdi to the early years of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Formerly known as Taishi Gong, or Taishi Gong Gong Ji, Taishi Gong Shiji. Historical Records has a huge scale and a complete system, which has a far-reaching impact on the biographical history books of later generations. The official history of past dynasties was written in this genre. At the same time, the vividness of words and narration in the book is also the highest achievement.
About the author:
Sima Qian (BC 145- BC 135-? ), the word dragon, xia yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi), is called Longmen (now Hejin, Shanxi). China was a great historian, writer and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Tan's son, Ren Taishiling, was imprisoned for defending Li Ling's defeat and surrender, and later served as the secretariat. He worked hard to complete the historical records he wrote, and was called Shi Qian, Tai Shigong and the father of history by the later Buddha.