Exploring Sima Qian's Editorial Thought From Historical Records(Shih Chi)

Historical Records(Shih Chi)as the first comprehensive biographical history book,systematically recording the development of China' history,has pioneered the editing of biographical history book in China.In face of the current era of media integration and in the light of learning from history,it is of great academic and practical significance to systematically study the editorial thought of Sima Qian both for the further development of editorial science and for the instruction of editorial practice.From the compilation of the Historical Records,we can find the extraordinary value of Sima Qian's editorial thought,which is manifested as follows: it adheres to the idea of cultural inheritance of "recording tracing back from Xuanyuan period at the earliest to the present".And its form of compilation on the basis of narration and truth-telling creates the text model of the comprehensive biographical history book in China and realizes the editing goal of creating the whole history.Sima Qian's editorial thoughts are mainly reflected in the following three aspects:First,it constructs an editorial view by transcending the culture of its predecessors,collects the lost literature of the world with the grand spirit of recounting the past,thinking of the present,and carries on the selective inheritance to the predecessor's cultural thought,so as to make the multiculturalism integrated and the excellence of culture magnified.Second,it carefully records the historical materials and information to establish an editor's view of "how dare you to shrink your responsibility" based on the editorial innovation thought of "making up the art by picking up the lost to become the special words",taking ancient times as a mirror to reflect the past and foresee the present,which,as a whole,set up the eternal standard of planning and innovation for the following generations.Third,it has a strong sense of editorial consciousness,emphasizing that it should generalize all the historic events and summarize them into its own words with the whole story checked",and should think of decline when seeing prosperity,make flexibility based on the adverse situation,which embodies its unique charm of editorial thought.As a great editorial scholar,Sima Qian's editorial behavior has created a new era in the compilation of comprehensive biographical history book in China.His editorial thinking has promoted the development and innovation of editorial disciplines,and has had a profound impact on later generations.In the current complex and diverse media environment,the editorial practice of Sima Qian can be used to guide the editorial practice,providing theoretical support for the construction of editorial discipline from a historical perspective,incorporating it into the research of editorial history in China,perfecting the current editorial disciplinary system construction,and boosting the development of editorial practice.