About The Duality Of Historical Compiling Ideas Of Shi Tong

Liu Zhiji commented on the previous history of the Tang Dynasty in the Shi Tong.The historiography is the main aspects of its reviews.Like many chinese traditional historians,the historiography thoughts of Liu Zhiji expresses the dual characteristics.The main performance is that emphasizing the principle of direct record of the historian, promoting historians impartial heart,knowing the disadvantages of the like and the advantages of the disgust.So the direct record is the main idea of the all historical criticism. At the same time,he stands that when the historical event is closely related to the kings and elders,the record should avoid to mention about those.Then the principle of pursuing the facts becomes the latter,when it meets with the confucian ethical code.That history should play the role of moral education and the function of punishing crime and persuading kind, providing a reference for the political reality.It must be based on personnel.The personnel can not be ignored and lifted the will of god.He uncovered the truth of much historical records of the natural disasters and unusual phenomena. However, in order to maintain the real political authority and political order rationality, he advocates records of the natural disasters and unusual phenomena to highlight the true mystery.Indeed, as Wu Huaiqi pointed out, Chinese traditional historical compiling ideas of the duality originated from the politics needs of the dual characteristics.Many lessons learned from the extracted in the real historical facts.That in turn serves for the politics.Using way of history such as Wang Quan, Fu Rui, and the fate of orthodoxy,put on a mysterious veil in the politics. However, the specific performance of the dual characteristics, some historians for the emperor’s order, some historians don’t protect them out, some historians are from the internal consciousness, and actively make history concerns, maintain existing ethical and moral order and social order and political value. Liu Zhiji’s historical compiling ideas belong to the latter. Because of the historical cause and the times cause,the development of Confucian classics,history and literature.enhanced by the trends and the role of historians of Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty rulers attach importance to the reference function of history, the drawbacks of the Tang Dynasty History Museum, Liu Zhiji’s own unique historical thoughts and so on.From the interaction of positive and negative aspects, the specific performance contributed to the dual characteristics of Shi Tong historiography.The duality of historical compiling ideas of Shi Tong, reflected in the historical comments, than those who contain specific historical works, the performance of the more prominent, distinctive. It also reflects the diversity of his historical review standards: academic standards and moral standards and political standards. Liu Zhiji wants to make history at the same time with the three basic value oriented, to meet the practical needs, and to adjust the history between form and content. This is the historical value and thinking problems caused by the formation of the reality enlightenment function.History can do a variety of value and achieve it?History researchers in history research in how to deal with the relationship between the the different values?...