On The Sima Zhen, "historical Records Solitude" On The "historical Records" Refuted,

The criticism and correction about Shiji in shijisuoyin written by Sima Zhen is the most characteristic in Shijisuoyin, which is the only one that can illuminate the contribution of correction and explanation to Shiji in Shijisuoyin, which includes the criticism and correction about the pattern of Shiji, the original text and the original explanation. This article will express the essential of the criticism and correction from the reason, content, method and significance of the criticism and correction. The first section is about the reason of the criticism and correction, I think the basic reason of the criticism and correction about Shiji by Sima Zhen is that the loss of Shiji during the dispersing course and the wishes which Sima Zhen wanted to consummate it. The second section is about the content of the criticism and correction, which is the central part of this article. This section is divided into three parts to discuss, which consists of the criticism and correction of pattern, original text and original explanation of Shiji, each part lists the actual example to discuss from different angles. The third section is about the method of the criticism and correction, this article criticizes and corrects from the actual evidences, the literature (including the latest discovery), Shiji itself and illation. The fourth section mainly consists of the mistakes which Sima Zhen made during the criticism and correction, including criticizing and correcting Shiji from the wrong editions, the wrong historical materials and the wrong understanding, the mistakes which Shiji itself had, as well as the mistakes which Sima Zhen had made during the criticism and correction, and so on. The fifth section is mainly about the significance of the criticism and correction about Shiji which Sima Zhen had made. In this section, I will discuss the function of the criticism and correction about Shiji by Sima Zhen, which includes emending characters, doing textual research, supplying the historical material and explaining the historical material. All the work can make Shiji perfect and help people understand and use Shiji correctly. In a word, this article discusses the criticism and correction about Shiji in Shijisuoyin written by Sima Zhen from different angles, then expresses the contribution which Shijisuoyin had made to the historical material Shiji.