Tragic Of Records Of The Historian

The literature and historiography have not been set off unambiguously in pre-Chin and Western Han period. So Records of the Historian is not only historiography but also literature. Since Tang dynasty the literature characteristics of Records of the Historian have been attached much importance to, and the pursuers have been increasing.One of the most prominent characteristics of Records of the Historian is tragic color. The tragic color in Records of the Historian has drawn some scholars' attention to, but it was always included in literature characteristics. So the research of the tragic color in Records of the Historian has much profundity not being treat of.Consequently the author developed this subject!In the first part of the dissertation, the author summarized former research productions, and put forward what is the tragic color in Records of the Historian. She also generalized the points of the tragic color in Records of the Historian by comparing it with western classical tragedies as well.Then the author probed into the mentality and experiences of Sima Qian, and synthesized the social environments, which Sima Qian lived in for the purpose of revealing the source that the tragic color in Records of the Historian derived from.Base on this, the author analyzed the relationships and the differences between national tragic consciousnesses and the tragic color in Records of the Historian so as to summarize the tragic spirit which was contained in Records of the Historian.Records of the Historian is the paradigm for later historians' work. It has the unsurpassable literature achievements. The tragic color is one of the most important characteristics that distinguish Records of the Historian from other historic literatures. Many tragic characters have been recorded in Records of the Historian...