Tragic Spirit Of Records Of The Historrian

Records of the Historrian is a historical masterpiece of great momentum and abundant content with rich tragic atmosphere, deep tragic consciousness and profound tragic spirit. Records of the Historrian reveals mostly the tragic beauty, which is not the destiny of characters by Sima Qian, but the reflection of his tragic thoughts on the characters by his deep comprehension and choice of topics. Through strong artistic foil, the tragedies are endowed with more power and show the beauty of sublimity and tragic, which is different from others.On one hand, the tragic atmosphere is reflected on many tragical characters; on the other hand, it is reflected on the author's artistic foil to the figure tragedy. The thesis is more concerned with the heroic tragedies and tries to classify them into three parts: 1. tragedies of the conflict between individual and society, such as the loyal heroes like QuYuan and the contributive ones like HanXin; 2. tragedies of conflict between self and ego, such as the gentlemen tragedies like BoYi, the righteous tragedies like JingKe and the heroic tragedies such as XiangYu; 3. tragedies of conflict between the new and the old, such as ShangYang. Superiority is the common feature of figure tragedies which is revealed by Sima Qian with his unusual activity, remarkable wisdom, supernormal performance and transcendent sacrifice, etc. So the tragic atmosphere exists everywhere.The abundant implications of the tragedy of Records of the Historrian contribute much to its author, Sima Qian, who had experienced misery, while he is the pride of both that period and our Chinese nation. The tragic consciousness of Sima Qian is profound and superior, because he caught the inferiority of human nature, abuse of society and fugacity of life, meanwhile he could stand high with sorrow but not grief, with complaint but not discard.The most precious is, Sima realized and showed with his utmost strength that the human dignity cannot be offended, the human value cannot be ignored, so as to show the tragic spirit. Therefore what we can read from Records of the Historrian is not the lament for attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing, but the paean for struggle of glorious course; it is not the sorrow for failure, but the gratification for success. It can evoke people's sympathy to tragic heroes, but the most important of all, it can prevoke the greatness of people to live, struggle, even dedicate for people's ambitious ideals and lofty targets. The greatness is the essence of Chinese nation as well as the tragic spirit of Records of the Historrian. Concretely, it is the struggle to be energetic and constantly strive to be stronger, the kind and justice to compromise and be abundant, the patriotism to concern for the country and people.In the final analysis, the immortality of Records of the Historrian lies in the immortal spirit shown by tragedies of Records of the Historrian, which is the most important part of Chinese nation.