What did Sima Qian, who wrote the "Records of History", do his ancestors do?

"Although the "History of History" betrays the meaning of "Spring and Autumn", it is certainly the best song of historians, and the rhymeless "Departure from Sorrow", Mr. Lu Xun said: "I said this!" ” 。

Sima Qian's first official position was Lang Zhong, the attendant of Emperor Wu of Han, who was not a big official, but a close associate of the emperor. Three years after his father's death, in 109 BC, during the Reign of the Han Dynasty, he was promoted to Taishi Ling.

Sima Qian's father was Sima Tan (司馬谭), the Han Wu Emperor Jianyuan (140 BC – 135 BC) and the Yuan Feng dynasty (110 BC – 105 BC) as the Duke of Taishi (who died of illness in 106 BC) and was in charge of astronomy.

Sima Tan's father was named Sima Xi (司馬喜), and he was knighted as the Fifth Doctor in the Han Dynasty.

Sima Xi's father, Sima Wuze, held the position of mayor of the Han Dynasty (an official in charge of commercial activities), and was an official.

Sima Wuze's father was named Sima Chang, the official in charge of smelting iron in the Qin state, and also an official.

Sima Chang's father was not very famous, but his grandfather Sima Jin was famous, and Sima Jin was one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, Bai Qi's deputy general, a high official!

Sima Jin's father was not very famous, but his grandfather Sima Was wrong and very famous! Sima Que was a great general and high-ranking official at the time of King Hui of Qin!

At that time, there were three small states in Shudi, the kingdom of Tianfu, the state of Shu, the state of Ba and the state of Tho, all of which were relatives, but the three kingdoms turned their faces because of infighting in their interests, and the state of Tho and the state of Pakistan were together, but they were afraid that they could not defeat the powerful State of Shu, so they asked the State of Qin to help, do you want to help? The State of Qin was divided into two factions, and Sima Que was advocating helping the faction, because Sima Que wanted to be the wolf who lured the wolf into the house. Sima Que led a large army to help the State of Ba and the State of Tho destroy the State of Shu, and by the way also destroyed the State of Tho and the State of Ba, and the land of the granary of the Kingdom of Heaven was included in the pocket of the State of Qin, and the strength of the State of Qin was greatly increased.

Sima Cuo's ancestor was also a historian in the Zhou Tianzi Dynasty, and he was in charge of The Zhou Dynasty for generations. Only later did he leave the capital of Zhou, and his descendants were exiled to various princely states, such as Sima Cuo of the Qin state above.

Before becoming Sima Shi, the ancestor of the Sima clan was actually the Chongli clan, and the Chongli clan had a famous named Cheng Lin Xiufu in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the official Sima Da.

Is there anything remarkable about ChongLi's? When this clan ruled the world during the reign of emperor Huan in the Five Emperors period of ancient times, Nan Zhengzhong was appointed to be in charge of astronomy, Beizheng Li was in charge of geography, and then chong li was in charge of astronomical geography for generations until the Xia Shang period.

Therefore, Sima Qian's ancestors began to be in charge of astronomical geography during the ancient Period, and Sima Qian's father was in charge of astronomy. This line came down, from the emperor (about 2366 BC - 2289 BC) to the death of Sima Qian (90 BC), Sima Qianzu has experienced nearly 2200 years, except for a few great generals, most of them have worked in the field of astronomical historiography, it can be said that Sima Qian also carried forward the ancestral cause and pushed it to the peak.

In order to avoid disaster, the descendants of Sima Qian's heirs changed their surnames to bury their names, and the eldest son, Sima Lin, later changed his surname to "Feng", and the second son, Sima Guan, later changed his surname to "Tong".