Ancient books 2,500 years ago

The book Historical Records was written by Sima Qian from three emperors and five emperors. Writing history two or three thousand years ago, modern people can still do it, because we have archaeologists and various documents, but how did Sima Qian do it? Moreover, when Qin Shihuang unified the world, he burned books and buried Confucianism, leaving only the history books of Qin State, and then Xiang Yu burned Epang Palace, and many history books were also burned. So many people doubt the authenticity of historical records. In fact, the content of historical records is still very real.

However, Qin Shihuang did not burn all the historical materials, but only the ancient history books before the vassal States. The history books of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Xia Dynasty, Three Emperors and Five Emperors were not burned. Moreover, after the reunification of Qin Shihuang, many scholars were ordered to write Lv Chunqiu, and they also made a lot of efforts in historical records.

Sima Qian was born in a historian's family. Although there are still many controversies about this matter, Sima Tan, Sima Qian's father, was indeed an official of the Han Dynasty, and his job was to compile national history. With his father, Sima Qian is likely to read all the royal history books. According to the historical materials held by Sima Qian, it is very possible to write Historical Records. Not only books, but also Sima Qian traveled all over the country. During his travels, he learned about the geographical features of historical events and experienced the scene at that time. Also obtained a large number of folk historical materials and legends.

Although Sima Qian lived three thousand years after the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, according to the information he obtained, he should have obtained the most historical information in his time, and Historical Records is also the closest to historical facts.