Sima Qian became a small official after roaming back. Soon his father was critically ill. Before he died, he took Sima Qian by the hand and said, "My family has been historians for generations. You will take over this position in the future. I have long wanted to write a general history, but this wish can't come true! You must inherit my career, don't forget! "
Sima Qian replied categorically: "Although I have no talent, I will definitely realize your wish!"
2. Sima Qian became a historian. He eagerly read books and archives of the Royal Library, and sorted out and studied historical materials. At that time, all the words were engraved on wooden slips or written on silk books. Sometimes a book would fill a room and it was not easy to read. At the age of 4 1, I began to write historical records.
Ma Qian offended the emperor by expressing his views bluntly and was sent to prison. His body was seriously damaged in prison and he had suicidal thoughts, but he felt: "People are inherently mortal, or heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather." If you die so easily, who will finish the historical records? He is determined to live and must complete the historical records!
At the age of 4.50, Sima Qian was released from prison. He worked harder and devoted all his energy to writing history books. It took him 14 years to finally write this book with more than 500,000 words. Historical Records is the first general history of China. It has a history of more than 3,000 years, including articles exposing the emperor's sins and stories praising the slave uprising.
When Sima Qian was a child, he was a quiet child. His favorite thing is to follow his father. During the day, Xiao Peng.
Friends are playing outside, but Sima Qian moved a small bench to sit next to his father, listening to his reading and watching him write and draw. "dad
This large sum of money is really amazing! "
Xiao Sima Qian thought. In the evening, after dinner, Sima Qian threw himself into his father's arms. "dad,
What's the story today? "As Sima Qian grew up day by day, he had a question," Why does Dad know so many things and say so many things?
Many stories? "
It turned out that my father read it from books, and Sima Qian flipped through it. He couldn't understand it at all, and he was anxious to cry.
From that day on, Sima Qian learned to read with his father.
Extended information on Sima Qian's life:
Sima Qian (former145-no textual research) was born in xia yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi). 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".
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Sima Qian