On The Art Of Imagination In Historical Records

《Shi Ji》 as a history book,is regarded as historic;as a ChuanJiTi works,it has the characteristic of literature.Sima qian’s historical narration with literary technique characteristics obtained academic recognition and praise.Sima qian has his own unique understanding to history,he spoke of his feelings and aesthetic experience into the history of creation.Therefore,《Shi Ji》 filled with a poetic spirit.Sima qian depicted the history with the poet’s saturated and the poet’s unique imagination.So,based on the research of the characteristics of literature in the past,of key characteristic of literariness imagination as the breakthrough point,the author intends to focus on exploring imagination thinking and its significance in 《Shi Ji》,so as to find a new perspective and breakthrough for literature research to 《Shi Ji》The author thinks that imagine of history isindispensable.History is objective truth and should have life vigor at the same time,This can better reflect the humanity of history itself and historians’humanistic feelings.In the general sense,the imagination is not only a kind of thinking activity and the historical talent which historian should possess,but also a kind or literary expression.In 《Shi Ji》,Sima qian put three points together well.Sima qian restores the fresh of history in the imagine,under the action of imagination,fill the historical fragment in the bare and make history fulling vitality in the flow.On the one hand,Sima qian always adhere to the the spirit of activity,will be fully occipies two filed trips and literature,the combination of all 《Shi Ji》 is called in the history of Chinese film has a lot of "historic". on the other hand,《Shi Ji》 is permeated with a kind of the opposite way and "historic" literary talent. This kind of literary talents is to win the praise, ancient and modern of 《Shi Ji》 lovers but also from time to time by some scholars criticized by rigorous known。In terms of general situation, shown in《Shi Ji》 literature talent, lovers tend to stay on perceptual surface shall be blessed, and critics are often too entrenched in details to deny it. In my opinion, sima qian in 《Shi Ji》 literary talents, more performance for his reconstruction of historical imagination; Rebuilding historical imagination, this literary talent, this is actually a kind of poetic spirit, it can make history more complete, more vivid, rich humanistic feelings. Without a sense of history, as it were, a genius of imagination, without a sense of history is full of poetic spirit of narration and description, it’s difficult to imagine《Shi Ji》can become a great literature history book and two phase both great worksIn this paper, the research content is roughly divided into the following four parts:The first chapter as the introduction, is divided into two sections:The first section literariness of 《Shi Ji》;The second section review previous researchThe second chapter as the history and imagination,is divided into three sections: The first section What is imagination; The second section Historical truth and imagination;The three section Historical truth and imaginationThe third chapter as Sima qian’s historical imagination causes analysis,is divded into two sections:The first section pre-qin classics literary fiction brushwork and embody the spirit of poetic aesthetics:1.The influence of the pre-qin history books to 《Shi Ji》,2.The pre-qin poetry and prose influence poetic wisdom and historical imagination;The second section Sima xiangru influence Sima qian’s historical writing;The three section unique life experience:1. Social environment of the HanWu times,2.Sima qian’s travel.The fourth chapter as imagination of 《Shi Ji》,is divided into two sections:The first section the organizational structure of 《Shi Ji》 and imagination,The second section imagination of biography:1.Imagine has effect of literary and aesthetic,2.To meet the people:for example《项羽本纪》、《伍子胥本纪》The fifth chapter as the value and significance of imagination,is divided into three section:The first section the value of imagination in the history;The second section imagine for the meaning of Sima qian;The third section imagine to the country and national significance.Conclusion:History need imagine.