The Zizhi Tongjian, abbreviated as Tongjian, is a great work of historiography edited by Sima Guang. The 294-volume book chronicles the history of the Sixteen Dynasties from King Liewei of Zhou to Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou in the chronicle. With a history of more than 1,300 years, the Zizhi Tongjian is a well-deserved masterpiece.
Sima Guang was a great Confucian, and he was deeply educated. The book involves many historical events and canonical systems, and many people have a hard time reading it. Therefore, some people began to annotate the Zizhi Tongjian. For example, some people borrowed the name of Sima Guang's son and published the "Commentary on the General Jian".
Among the many versions of the "Tongjian Commentary", the Zizhi Tongjian Yinzhuo, written by the Historian Hu Sansheng in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, has the highest achievement. After the publication of this book, readers have said that they have a reference book to learn to read the "Zizhi Tongjian".
Husan Province is a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang Province, and was born in Shuxiangmendi. Hu Sansheng's love of historiography was influenced by his father, and the Zizhi Tongjian was a history book he had read since he was a child. Many readers have bought a lot of reference books and reference books in order to understand the "Zizhi Tongjian", but the quality of these books is average, and most of them have their own errors. As for, when reading, you can only swallow dates, and you can't fully understand the meaning.
Hu Sansheng grew up reading his father's confused expression when he was reading, which made him make up his mind to misinterpret this historical masterpiece. Regrettably, the young man in Husan Province lost his father. The ideal of his youth became the research direction of his life.
At the age of 26, Hu San Province, Wen Tianxiang, Xie Fangde and other talents ascended to the Jinshidi. Hu San Province was an upright man, could not adapt to the chaos of the official field, and was soon dismissed from his post. For others, it can be painful. For Hu San Province, he had time to study the Zizhi Tongjian. So he began to formulate a writing plan, and it took more than ten years to complete the "Zizhi Tong JianYin Notes". This book is also 294 volumes, which is equivalent to a complete explanation of the Zizhi Tongjian.
Husan's specialties were canonical systems, phonetics, and geography, and his annotations were particularly detailed in these three areas. Some people have commented that the Zizhi Tong Jian Yin Notes are the leaders in various annotations. In particular, we should emphasize the pronunciation training, which contains a large number of strange characters in the Zizhi Tongjian. If you don't know even the words, how do you read them, how do you understand them? To this end, it is necessary to start from the meaning of words and sounds, and start learning from the basics. With the annotations of Husan Province, these problems are solved.
After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, Husan Province lived in seclusion in the countryside. He had a larger writing plan and wanted to write a "General Commentary on Discernment.". Husan Province hopes to help future generations read the Zizhi Tongjian without obstacles. However, born in a chaotic world, it is too difficult to focus on academic research. Later, while constantly improving the Zizhi Tong Jian Yin Notes, he continued to study the interpretations. Until his death, that grand plan was not completed.