Revolutionary mentor Marx: If we choose a career that can best work for human welfare, then this burden cannot overwhelm us, because it is dedicated to everyone; At that time, what we felt was not poverty, limitation and selfish pleasure. Our happiness will belong to millions of people, and our cause will be unknown but exist forever. In the face of our ashes, noble people will cry.
Sima Qian followed his father's wishes and determined to write a history book that can be "hidden in famous mountains and spread through the ages". In the seventh year when he started writing this history book, the Liling case happened. In a war with the Huns, Li Ling, the general of the Second Normal University, was defeated and surrendered because he was outnumbered. Sima Qian defended Li Ling, angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was arrested and imprisoned, and suffered cruel "corruption".
After accepting the model, I tried to commit suicide because of humiliation and pain, but I think my ideal of writing history books has not been completed. So I put up with humiliation and finally wrote Historical Records. This masterpiece * * * has 526,500 words, which is the first in the history of China's biography. Rich in historical materials and information, it has always been respected by people. Lu Xun once spoke highly of Historical Records in very general terms.