Historical Records (volume 7)
by (western Han Dynasty) Sima Qian
About This Novel
"Historical Records", one of the Twenty-Four Histories, was originally called "Tai Shi Gong Shu" or "Tai Shi Gong Ji" or "Tai Shi Ji". It is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history. It records a history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor era to the fourth year of Emperor Taichu of Han Dynasty. In the first year of Taichu (104 BC), Sima Qian began the creation of "Tai Shi Gong Shu", which was later called "Historical Records". This work took 14 years to complete. The "Historical Records" has a total of 130 chapters, including twelve chronicles (recording the achievements of the emperors of the past dynasties), thirty families (recording the rise and fall of the vassal states and Han Dynasty princes, nobles), seventy biographies (recording the words and deeds of important figures, mainly describing people and ministers, the last chapter of which is a self-preface), ten tables (chronology of major events), and eight books (recording various laws and regulations, etiquette, music, music, calendar, astronomy, Zen, water conservancy, and finance). It is all-encompassing and comprehensive, with a clear context and a detailed record of the development of politics, economy, military, culture and other aspects in ancient times. "Historical Records" is an excellent literary work and plays an important role in the history of Chinese literature. From the perspective of historical value, it has preserved historical materials for thousands of years and has extraordinary historical value. It is listed as the "First of the Twenty-Four Histories". It pioneered the biographical recording method and was highly praised by historians and scholars of all ages. From the perspective of literary value, its descriptive language is vivid, the image is clear, the narrative is thorough, and the narrative is flexible. Liu Xiang and others believe that this book is "good at explaining things, argumentative but not flashy, and qualitative but not slangy". This edition has 131 chapters. In addition to the original 130 chapters, Sima Qian's "Book of Reporting to Ren An" is also included, so that readers can understand Sima Qian's ideas and ideas more comprehensively and accurately.
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