Sima Qian, a great historian and writer in China, traveled all over the country in his youth, getting in touch with society, experiencing people's feelings and inspecting historical sites. Later, he inherited his father's position, made an imperial edict, and read many ancient documents treasured by many countries. On this basis, he began to write historical records according to his father's wishes.
Just when Sima Qian was absorbed in writing a book, something happened. Sima Qian spoke frankly about the Liling incident. Angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and was sentenced to imprisonment. Castration is a corrupt punishment, polluting ancestors and making friends. Make people not people. In order to complete the creation of Historical Records, Sima Qian endured humiliation and learned from a painful experience, and spent his whole life completing China's first biographical and general historical Historical Records. Lu Xun praised it as "a masterpiece of historians, leaving Sao without rhyme"
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Sima Qian (formerly 145- untestable) was born in xia yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi) [1-5]? [6]? . Historians and essayists 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.
Sima Qian studied under Kong Anguo and Dong Zhongshu in his early years, roaming around, learning about customs and collecting rumors. As a first-time doctor, he served in the southwest. In the third year of Yuanfeng (108), he was appointed as the Taishiling, inherited his father's business and wrote history. He created China's first biography and general history book (formerly known as Taishi Gongshu) with the historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between man and nature, understanding the changes from ancient times to modern times, and making a family statement".
It is recognized as a model of China's history books, which records more than 3,000 years' history from the legendary period of the Yellow Emperor to the first year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is the first of the "twenty-five histories" and is praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and Li Sao has no rhyme".
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Sima Qian-Baidu Encyclopedia