The Study Of Si Ma Qian's Recording History Events By Literary Technique Of Writings

Lu Xun highly praised the Records of Historians as"the achievements of it is unprecedented and unrepeatable in historiography, and totally equals to LISAO in literature". The reason why the Records of Historians is such a marvelous success in historiography and literature has inherent and profound connection with Si Ma Qian's own conception and method of recording historical events. Mao Kun extolled the articles of the Records of Historian that,"as the long river and the yellow river, it leaves a good name for a hundred generations". Because of being adopted the creative method of recording historical events by literary technique of writing, the literary grace of the Records of Historians could be lasted for thousand years.Si Ma Qian was a person who was afraid of being nobody and that his works were ignored by others and couldn't be remembered in the later ages. Therefore, recording historical events by literary technique of writing was his conception of doing so, was his own method adopting in his conscious mind, was the way to realize his dream of making a name for himself, and was definitely his choice. His way of recording historical events by literary technique of writing reflects in the following aspects: being interested in marvels and then recording them, portraying the persons'language by putting himself in the character's position, commenting on the events and expressing emotion, quoting proverbs and sayings, describing in details. The function of recording historical events by literary technique of writing: first, try to collect all the materials and combine together to relate the tales clearly when there lacks of historical materials or is difficult to reach; second, try to make the literary grace more colorful and the events closer to the reality on the premise of recording the real true story just by using proper imagination. The crucial historic meaning of recording historical events by literary technique of writing: it started a new era of humane and literary history, was the beginning of a new era of biographical literature and had a profound influence on the later ages.