Famous Quotes

There were many people in the Three Jin Dynasties who were quick to change, and they tried to force the Qin Dynasty.

The gentleman is ill and has no reputation.

The beautiful words are beautiful, but the holy words are true, the bitter words are medicine, and the sweet words are disease.

Looking up at the high mountains, the scenery is everywhere. Although you can't reach it, your heart yearns for it.

Gai Zhongzi died in Qi, and Boya stopped playing the harp for the rest of his life. Why? A man dies for a man who knows himself, and a woman looks good for a man who pleases her.

In ancient times, people were rich and famous, but their reputations were lost and cannot be remembered. Only those who were suave and suave were praised.

Those who have enough food and clothing understand the etiquette; those who have enough food and clothing understand the honor and disgrace.

You don’t need rivers and seas to bathe, you need them to be cleansed; you don’t need horses to ride, you need them to walk well.

Those who are good follow it, then guide it, teach it next, order it neatly, and compete with it at the bottom.

Sima Qian (145 BC - 90 BC), courtesy name Zichang, was a native of Xia Yang (now south of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province), or Longmen (now Hejin, Shanxi Province) [1]. A great historian, writer and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty of China. Sima Tan's son was appointed Taishi Ling. He was castrated for defending Li Ling's defeat and surrender, and was later appointed Zhongshu Ling. He worked hard to complete the historical books he wrote, and was honored as Shi Qian, Tai Shi Gong and the Father of History by later generations.

Sima Qian studied under Kong Anguo and Dong Zhongshu in his early years. He traveled around various places, learned about customs and collected rumors. When he was first appointed as a doctor, he was envoy to the southwest. In the third year of Yuanfeng (108 BC), he was appointed Taishi Ling, inherited his father's business, and wrote history. He created China's first biographical general history, "Shiji" (originally known as "Tai Shi Gong Shu"), based on his historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between heaven and man, understanding the changes of ancient and modern times, and forming a family story". It is recognized as a model of Chinese history books. This book records a history of more than 3,000 years from the Huangdi period in ancient legends to the first year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is the first of the "Twenty-Five Histories" and was praised by Lu Xun. "The historian's swan song, the rhymeless Li Sao".

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