Sima Qian.

This famous saying comes from a letter written by Sima Qian to his friend in prison, titled "A Letter to Ren An". Because Ren An's cousin was Shaoqing, it is also called "A Letter to Ren An". . The meaning of this sentence is: everyone will die, and the meaning of some people's death is heavier than Mount Tai, while for some people, the meaning of death is lighter than a feather.

Introduction to Sima Qian

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. At the age of twenty-eight, he was appointed as Taishi Ling, inherited his father's business, and wrote history. Later, he was castrated for defending Li Ling's defeat. He was transferred to Zhongshu Ling and worked hard to continue completing the historical books.

He created China's first biographical general history "Shi Ji" (originally known as "Tai Shi Gong Shu") with his historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between heaven and man, understanding the changes of ancient and modern times, and becoming a family". It is a model of Chinese history books. The book records a history of more than 3,000 years from the Huangdi period in ancient legends to the fourth year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is the first of the "Twenty-Four Histories" and was praised by Lu Xun as "the historian's swansong and the rhymeless Li Sao". ".