The year when Chen Shou was born was the year when Wei, Shu and Wu stood firm, and wars were frequent. His father joined the army before he was born. Later, he gradually joined the army with General Ma Su. Because of the battle of Jieting, my father resigned from the army and returned to his hometown of Han 'an.
Chen Shou received strict family education since childhood, and his parents attached great importance to cultivating him into a person with both ability and political integrity. To this end, he spared no expense to build a reading room "Wanjuan Building" for himself at the foot of Zhiguo Mountain, and hired a famous local Confucian scholar as the principal.
He lived up to his parents' expectations, respected his teachers, studied hard, was good at thinking and made continuous progress in his studies. In about 238-257, he bid farewell to his predecessors with honest conduct and excellent academic performance, and came to Chengdu, the capital of Shu Han at that time, to study in imperial academy, the highest institution in China. At that time, Qiao Zhou, a famous disciple of Sichuan scholars and a native of Guo County, Xichong, became a classical scholar in Chengdu and personally preached and taught. Qiao Zhou is naturally Chen Shou's teacher.
In the year of "imperial academy", Chen Shou tirelessly studied the Confucian classics "Shangshu" and "Three Biographies of Spring and Autumn" in the pre-Qin period, and learned the way of sages governing the country and leveling the world. He is particularly keen on modern history, devoting himself to studying Sima Qian's Historical Records and Ban Gu's Han Shu, and consulting various classics since the pre-Qin period. He often sits alone at school late at night. Qiao Zhou attached great importance to this disciple, and often took pains to accompany him in evening self-study, teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and answering questions. Chen Shoucong is alert and sensitive. No matter how hard he studies, he can understand his great significance. He is good at writing. His composition is true and rich in rhetoric. Therefore, it has been praised by the teachers and students of the business school and is known as the 72-hole sage engaged in literary work.
Chen Shou started his career after finishing his studies in imperial academy. At the end of the year, he was appointed as the main book of General Wei, receiving official documents and handling daily military affairs. Later, he was transferred to the Central Library to serve the emperor and read the imperial edict.
When Chen Shou was appointed assistant minister of Huangmen, it was the crucial autumn when Shu Han's national strength declined and Cao Wei was forced to explore the North. After that, God did nothing all day without any prediction. Eunuch Huang Hao took this opportunity to specialize in authoritarianism, and Han Shu was politically empty. Liu Yong, Liu Chan's brother, had been in a state of chaos before, and he was very dissatisfied with Huang Hao's dictatorship. Liu Chan actually listened to these simple rumors, expelled Liu Yong from the court, transferred to a local official, and refused to let him return to Beijing. General Jiang Wei got acquainted with Uncle Huang Hao's cronies, and his power was overwhelming. He suggested that Liu Chan get rid of Huang Hao to ensure long-term stability, but Liu Chan wouldn't listen. So Huang Hao hates Jiang Wei even more. Chen Shou also suffered setbacks in his career because he didn't want to be attached.
Just when Chen Shou's career was frustrated, his father died. During the funeral, he was bedridden because of extreme sadness and overwork. As a last resort, I had to ask my wife's servant to prepare pills for myself. Everyone in the village knows this, and the whole world despises him because he violated the feudal commandment of "men and women are different". In this way, Chen Shou once again stagnated and could not be promoted for many years.
23, suited to attack shu. At this time, the Shu army had no resistance and finally had to surrender to Cao Wei. In 24 years, Shu Han died. Chen Shou, who has been worried about the country and the people, returned to his hometown and lived in Wanjuan Mansion. He buried his dead father's choice, resented his death and the pain of destroying the country in Shushan, and sank into the ink sea. In this way, Chen Shou came out.
In AD 25, Sima Yan abandoned Cao Huan, Emperor of Wei Yuan, and established the Western Jin Dynasty, renamed Taishigong. In order to achieve the grand goal of eliminating Sun Wu and reunifying the whole country, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, recruited talented people and adopted measures of Wei, Shu and their ancestors' children. In the spring of 28 years, Emperor Wu of Jin hosted a banquet in Hualin Garden to entertain his ministers. At the banquet, Emperor Wu of Jin asked everyone to recommend talents. One of the ministers was a Xiangyang man named Luo Xian, the prefect of Wuling. In his early years, Chen Shoutong, who was equally talented, was the top scholar in imperial academy, Shu Han. Luo Xian said that Chen Shou and others have studied that Syria should use holy push. Emperor Wu of Jin immediately issued a letter to Chen Shou to enter Luo Jing at a constant speed.
After Chen Shou entered Beijing, he was awarded the position of assistant minister. At the same time, he is also an official in charge of talent selection in Brazil. In the book, Hou Guannei and Jiao were ordered to mount a horse and asked Emperor Wu of Jin to hand over the important task of compiling the story of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister, to Chen Shou. Soon, Chen Shou was ordered to fill the back alley in Pingyang. In Pingyang, when the Central Committee of the Western Jin Dynasty strongly advocated increasing farmers' income, he tried to squeeze out his spare time and continue to compile Zhuge Ji. A few years later, twenty-four books, 104, 1 12, Ann and Zhuge were compiled into one book. This book comprehensively combs and preserves Zhuge Liang's successful experience in serving the people, strengthening the country and enriching the people, and managing the army and enriching the people. 1 February, 9731day, Chen shou returned to Beijing from Pingyang and presented this book. Emperor Wu of Jin appreciated it very much and named him the author Lang. Since then, Chen Shou has been transferred from Pingyang to Luoyang, Kyoto, and continues to be an official in Brazil.
Chen Shou, a Shu native, has always attached importance to carrying forward the excellent cultural heritage of the nation, and the writing of "One Step Adjusting the Old Biography" is a concrete embodiment. This book records hundreds of celebrities in Yidu from the beginning of Han Dynasty to the end of Jin Dynasty. This book was not only praised by Sima Yan and Confucian scholars, but also had a great influence on later generations. Wang Xianzhi, a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, painstakingly wrote ten volumes of Ibsen Biography as a treasure for his friends. This shows that the world attaches great importance to this book. Chang Qu, a famous local historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is not only as famous as Historical Records and Han Shu, but also draws lessons from this book when writing Huayang Guozhi. Since then, Xu Yi Bujiu Long Biography has also followed this system. Later, there were Pei Songzhi's Notes on the Three Kingdoms, Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics, Jian Xu's Notes for Beginners, and Taiping Guangji in the Song Dynasty. This book is widely quoted to fill the gaps in old history or broaden old anecdotes. Unfortunately, this book died after the Song Dynasty.
In 280 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty wiped out Wu, and China was reunited after the Han Dynasty split 100 years. Due to political needs, Chen Shou now undertakes the important task of studying and writing the history of the Three Kingdoms. He collected and sorted out a large number of archives during the Three Kingdoms period day and night, visited anecdotes, folk rumors and ballads of historical figures, visited the remains of celebrities in the Three Kingdoms, commented on the names of old historians, and began to write a great historical masterpiece "The History of the Three Kingdoms" as an official. After ten years of wind and rain, it was basically completed in Taikang ten years ago. The Complete Book of * * * has a total of 65 volumes, including a volume of Continued Record, with nearly 370,000 words, which briefly describes the whole history of China from the late Han Dynasty to the early Jin Dynasty. Later, Chen Shou revised and corrected it until Luo Yang died. Therefore, it can be said that the successful writing of Romance of the Three Kingdoms lasted for nearly twenty years. During his 65-year life journey, Chen Shoushou devoted one-third of his energy to this unfortunate work.