Study On Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary On Shiji

Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary on Shiji is a book of the Qing Dynasty’s historical criticisms. To gather and sort the sporadic views in the Qing Dynasty is advantageous to get a further research on Shiji. And it can enrich the intension and value of the Study of Shiji. On the basis of it, we can excavate Shiji further from different angles as much as possible. As a result, we can get a feeling of freshness when we read Shiji. How did Niu Yunzhen comment on Shiji? What are the advantages of his comments? And what are the disadvantages? While we read Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary on Shiji, do we think the relations of the people before Niu Yunzhen and how did they influence his? To know how he absorbs critically their viewpoints is very important. What’s the enlightenment to read Shiji effectively for us? All the answers can help us to push the study of Shiji deeper and deeper.This paper will be showed by three parts to develop its body.Introduction. It mainly summarizes the comprehensive situations about Niu Yunzhen and his books. On this basis, the selected topic’s practical values and the characteristics appear.The first chapter. How did Niu Yunzhen comment Shiji? On one hand, it mainly solves the ways which Niu Yunzhen used in his book to reveal Taishi’s inner thoughts. He tried to guess what a mood Taishi had at that time. It’s the essence part of Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary on Shiji. On the other hand, it involved the revelation of the narrative ways of Shiji. It includes ways with complex and concise narrative, changeable beauty and picture feeling. It adds an increasing creative process by associating and imaging. And this paper also analyses the shortcomings of Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary on Shiji. Thus we can make an objective evaluation on Niu Yunzhen’s commentary.The second chapter. What’s the relationship between Niu Yunzhen and his seniors? The answer is that Niu Yunzhen benefited from his seniors and at the same time he criticized their views. He used many words speaking by the seniors to demonstrate his opinion. His seniors were used to be Niu Yunzhen’s benefit. So it’s necessary to tease the source using by Niu Yunzhen. Make statistics that how often did Niu Yunzhen quote his seniors. After doing this, we can find the relation between Niu Yunzhen’s commentary and the senior’s criticism, especially in the case of Shiji Ping Lin. Then we can have a clear understanding of Niu Yunzhen’s starting point and achievement.The third chapter. What’s the meaning of Niu Yunzhen’s Commentary on Shiji? As we all know that Shiji have been a classic, in the meantime, Niu Yunzhen’s commentary will push forward its classic process on Shiji. It tells us the ways to read Shiji. It’s a reference to the study of Shiji.