Sima Qian's famous sayings are as follows:

1. Wisdom is enough to refuse advice, and words are enough to cover up mistakes. ——Sima Qian's "Historical Records·Yin Benji".

Interpretation:

Wise enough not to listen to other people's advice, and eloquent enough to cover up mistakes.

2. Those who are good at using soldiers do not use short attacks to attack long ones, but use long attacks to attack short ones. ——Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin".

Interpretation:

A general who is good at using troops to fight does not use his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths, but uses his own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings.

3. The accumulation of feathers sinks the boat, the group breaks the shaft lightly, the people's mouth pours gold, the accumulation destroys the bones. ——Sima Qian's "Historical Records of Zhang Yi".

Interpretation:

Although feathers are light, if they accumulate too much, they can sink the ship; although the goods are light, if they are loaded too much, they can break axles; everyone agrees that even gold and stone can be melted. ; There are too many rumors and slanders, and even flesh-and-blood relatives can be eliminated.

4. Those who can do it may not be able to speak; those who can speak may not be able to do it. ——Sima Qian's "Historical Records: Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qi".

Interpretation:

That is to say, a person who can do something may not be able to tell how he does it, and a person who can tell how to do it may not be able to Do this well.

Brief introduction of Sima Qian:

Sima Qian, courtesy name Zichang, was born in Xiayang. 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's reign, he was appointed as Taishi Ling, inherited his father's business and wrote history.

He created China's first biographical general history "Shiji" with 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".