China's Historical Records in Classics

China in the classic takes the characters as the core, allowing the audience to feel the patriotic feelings of the hero through time and space. Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, and is listed as the first of the "Twenty-four History", which records the history from the legendary Huangdi era to the Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty for four years and more than three thousand years.

"China in Classic" refines the creative idea of "taking people as the core" in his creative process, which makes the audience feel the patriotic feelings of the hero through time and space.

The ideological connotation of Historical Records contains two major elements: one is the feelings of home and country; The second is the idea of great unity, also known as the "great unity view of history." Lu Xun commented on "Historical Records" and said: "The swan song of historians is a rhyme-free Li Sao." Sima Qian is well-deserved, which has been the conclusion of academic circles and recognized by readers. It can be seen that "historiography" and "literature" are only the external forms of historical records.

The structure and characteristics of biographical general history initiated by Historical Records include two major elements: one is biographical style, and the other is general history. Historical Records contains the knowledge of the whole universe, including "heaven, man, ancient and present".

Historical Records has made the following contributions to history:

Historical Records has made great contributions to historiography. First of all, it is a masterpiece of general history, which can connect the past and the present, write a book, set a precedent and set an example, and influenced many subsequent historical research and writing.

Secondly, the independent position of historiography was established, which separated historiography from Confucian classics and became an independent discipline. Finally, the tradition of historical biography literature was established for the first time in the history of Chinese historiography, which was imitated by later generations.

In addition, Historical Records has also made important contributions to historical research methods. It adopts the genre of biography and general history, takes characters as the core, and pays attention to describing the deeds and thoughts of characters, rather than simply recording events. This method enables Historical Records to explore the reasons and significance behind historical events and the role of characters in the historical process.