Su Qin, born in a peasant family, has always been ambitious. He studied the art of vertical and horizontal sexual intercourse with Guiguzi for many years. From Guiguzi and Zhang Yi's door. His family was poor, and he tried to sell the strategy of unifying China to Qin, but it didn't work. As a result, when he came home, his wife ignored him and asked his sister-in-law to stutter, but her sister-in-law looked down on him. So he decided to do something big, and that's how the story of "awl stabbing stock" came about. Later, he changed his strategy and lobbied the six countries to unite against Qin and became the prime minister of the six countries. When he came home in gorgeous clothes, his sister-in-law and wife knelt on the ground, afraid to look up at him. 2. Sima Qian (about 145 ~ 90 BC), with a long word, was called Zuo Fengyi, xia yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi) and Longmen (now Hejin, Shanxi), a great historian, writer and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty. His father, Sima Tan, is Taishiling (equivalent to the post of director of the National Library now). His father, Sima Tan, is knowledgeable. He once "studied under Tang Dou, Yang He and Huang Zi". In his early years, Sima Qian lived a poor life in his hometown. At the age of 65,438+00, I began to read ancient books, studied very hard, and always pondered over problems until I understood them. At the age of 20, Sima Qian set out from Chang 'an and traveled around the world. Later, he returned to Chang 'an and became a doctor. He made several voyages with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and visited many places. At the age of 35, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent him to Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou. He learned about the customs of some ethnic minorities there. After the death of his father Sima Tan, Sima Qian succeeded to the throne as Taishiling in 108 BC (the third year of Yuanfeng). In BC 104 (the first year of Tai Chu), he signed taichu calendar with astronomer Tang Dou and others. In the same year, I began to compile historical records. In 99 BC (the second year of Tian Han), Li Ling attacked the Huns and was defeated and surrendered. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious. Sima Qian defended Li Ling and offended Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He was arrested and sentenced to death. "People are inherently mortal, or they are heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather, so use them differently." (Bao Ren An Shu) In order to fulfill his father's last wish, he completed the Historical Records and left it to future generations, and endured "corruption (the torture of cutting off his nose or reproductive organs)" with humiliation. In 96 BC (the first year of Taishi), he was pardoned and released from prison, issued a written order and mastered the confidential documents of the emperor. He wrote a book in anger, and finally completed the writing and revision of the whole book at the age of 55. Sima Qian, with his historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between man and nature, linking the changes from ancient times to modern times and forming a unified statement", achieved the first biographical general history in China history-Historical Records.