"Taishi Gong", "Sima Qian" and "Shi Ji"

"Shi Ji" was originally the common name of ancient history books, Sima Qian called his own work "Dashi Gongshu", and Ban Gu recorded it in the "Book of Han • Yiwen Zhi", in which "Tai Shi Gong" one hundred and thirty articles" were written directly. Even in the Later Han Dynasty, Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs" and Xun Yue's "Han Ji" mention that this book only calls it "Taishi Gongji", and has not yet subordinated the term "Shi Ji" to Sima Qian.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty compiled the Book of Sui that the "One Hundred and Thirty Volumes of the History" was officially listed as the first of the "History Department", and the annotation was "One volume of the catalogue, and the Hanzhong Book ordered Sima Qian to write".

As a result, the name of "Shi Ji" evolved from a common name to a proper name, and the three words "Tai Shi Gong" were combined with Sima Qian's name, and the three became inseparable.

The chronicle of the "Records of History", from Xuanyuan to the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, is a general history of the Chronicles. It includes five parts, namely the Benji, the Table, the Book, the Family, and the Chronicles, with a total of 130 articles and 520,000 words, which is a profound and profound historical work that has never been seen before, and is also one of the greatest literary works in the history of Chinese literature.

The achievements of the "Records of History" in historiography are first manifested in Sima Qian's creation of a new and infinitely influential record. Before Sima Qian, there were already many historical works in China. To this day, there are "chronicles" such as "Spring and Autumn" with chronological orders, "national histories" limited by region, such as "Chinese" and "National Policies", and "political history" preserved in the form of documents and documents, such as "Shang Shu".