Study On Aesthetic Thought Of Historical Records

Historical Records is a great historical and literary work in ancient China.The research on Historical Records has a long history and fruitful results.Traditional study of Historical Records focuses on the classics and collation,while the study of Historical Records from the aesthetic level is a perspective that can still be deepened.Since the Qin and Han Dynasties,the open and inclusive trend of the times has had a profound impact on the literature and art.It shows the magnificent spirit,vigorous and unrestrained power and full of heroic interest of the Han Empire,and also forms the world’s esteem for "big".Sima Qian embodied this spirit in his painstaking masterpiece Historical Records,which is rich in content and broad in scope.It is a great work with the nature of encyclopedia,which is also the best evidence of the Great Han Dynasty’s open and high spirited spirit and inclusive pursuit.However,the cold reality of the ruler’s suspicion and suspicion of the meritorious officials and sages made Sima Qian produce the spirit of depression and injustice that he did not encounter.Under the profound influence of the origin of family studies,Sima Qian inherited Confucius and Mencius,and cast the allegory love and hate into the Historical Records with sharp and sharp criticism.Sima Qian’s aesthetic thought has the characteristics of times and uniqueness.Its aesthetic tendency is first embodied in curiosity.Sima Qian loves wizards,which is embodied in the capture of details,the love of curious things and the courage to criticize all evil forces.This unique aesthetic tendency is not unprovoked,but deeply influenced by its growing environment,life experience and the background of the times.Because of curiosity,the characters in Historical Records are various and rich,but they can reflect the real human nature,and indirectly explain the causality between the characters’ fate and historical events through their personalities.Under the guidance of curious aesthetic tendency,Sima Qian,relying on historical materials,restores the details of historical events with known results,thus reappearing the spirit of an era."Anger" is the core and essence of Sima Qian’s aesthetic thought.Sima Qian broke through the shackles of "gentle and honest" poetry education,and stressed that the purpose of writers’ writing is to release their inner feelings of "depression",and the motive of writing is "anger".Sima Qian believed that many writers’ success was due to their personal humiliation and frustration.Stand up to humiliation,rise up from the pain,use more tenacious willpower to complete the works handed down,expose and attack the hypocrisy and cruelty of the rulers,and praise the historical figures who dare to resist and fight.This aesthetic thought reveals the universal law of art creation and has a profound influence on later generations.Sima Qian wrote angrily,which broke through the beauty of "neutralization" emphasized by Confucian poetry and education.Anger in sadness is an important factor to form the vigorous and tragic aesthetic characteristics of Historical Records.The tragic atmosphere of Historical Records is endless,and the types of tragic characters are more diverse.In his biography of the tragic characters,Sima Qian is good at trying to make up the tragic atmosphere,portray the typical characters of the tragic characters,highlight their personality,struggle and self sacrifice spirit,and highlight the upward life passion of the tragic characters,so as to bring readers infinite shock and hope.