Theory Of Shiji "claims In Order"

Shih Chi is a masterpiece with far-reaching implications. It not onlypresents the outlook of the history, but also shows us the thesis of SsumaChien toward historical facts. You can easily find the thesis of TaishigongComments, as well as the thesis that “narrate with thesis”. The text willanalyze and relate Shih Chi about “Narrate with thesis” in three parts,including the content and tracing to source, varied attitudes&historical thesis in narrate.Firstly, the “Narrate with thesis” in Shih Chi has presented narrateand thesis together, which two parts has been independent parts inPre-Qin narrative literature, while we could find this narrative methodhas already been adopted in Chronicle of Zuo. This text will trace to thesource, the articles in Chronicle of Zuo, and explore how this methodhas been utilized in Chronicle of Zuo. I will focus the language ofcharacters and the details in the war.Secondly, the “Narrate with thesis” in Shih Chi suggests the attitudeof author towards the historical figures or facts mainly through language,expression and movements to imply the characters of figures or by shortstories to suggest the destiny of them. I will analyze how “Narrate withthesis” has been applied in the articles of Shih Chi.Thirdly, the “Narrate with thesis” in Shih Chi reflects the truth of thesisin historical narratives by the judgment of typical character cases,minor character cases, and the judgment of conflicts between differentfigures as well as the comparison of figures. This text would aim at thekey point about the thesis of Shih Chi through integrating with thehistorical figures and facts about different historical periods to prove thenarrative authenticity about history, which also reveals to us the "factualrecord" spirit from Si Maqian.Finally, the text tries to explore the thesis of integration of key points and general work and "factual record" spirit about the “Narrate withthesis” in Shih Chi, as well as historian writing Style with profoundmeaning.