The Historical Writing Of Eastern Jin Dynasty’s National History Under The Historical Concept Of Reviving

In ancient China,the discourse power of historical writing is often in the hands of the politicians,and the politicians will use history to learn from the past and to judge the right and the wrong to achieve the political purpose of maintaining and beautifying the self-government.After the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty,the legitimacy of the regime faces a great crisis.In the North,the ethnic minorities set up their own political power one after another,and presented a state of confrontation with the Eastern Jin regime in Jiangdong;in Jiangdong,in the beginning,most of the Wu family of the aboriginal scholars were hesitant to wait and see the Eastern Jin regime that crossed the river;in addition,the rumor that Sima Rui,the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty,was the son of the Niu surname prevailed in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties doubtlessly questioned the royal blood of Sima Rui.In the face of these difficulties,after the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty,it made a reasonable explanation on the legitimacy of political power by means of historical writing,so as to achieve the political purpose of maintaining the stability of the political power.The officials of the Eastern Jin Dynasty first played the banner of being appointed to reviving and defined themselves as the legal regime to undertake the Western Jin regime by using the historical concept of reviving.It shows that the Eastern Jin Dynasty is a continuous regime revived by the Jin Dynasty.It also uses auspicious rumors to promote the prosperity of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is the fate of heaven,and further completes the construction of the legitimacy of the regime.Then the Eastern Jin Dynasty began to write the history of the Western Jin Dynasty that he inherited.He praised that the Western Jin Dynasty received throne,which was the fate of heaven and affirmed the legitimacy of the Western Jin regime,so as to deepen the legitimacy of the construction of the regime.In this process,historians were instructed to edit the national history from the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty,so as tomake a historical orientation of its own regime.Under the guidance of the historical concept of reviving,historians actively compiled the history of Jin,leaving rich historical materials for the history of Tang Dynasty.On this basis,the compiled "Jin Shu" in Tang Dynasty undoubtedly reflects the social and ideological situation of the Jin Dynasty.At the same time,in order to cooperate with the construction of the legitimacy of the Eastern Jin regime under the guidance of the historical concept of reviving,the historical books enlarge and beautify the relevant figures supporting and assisting the Eastern Jin regime through the characterization of the characters.Therefore,in the history books,there appeared the image of the king of "a lord of restore" of the emperor Yuan of Jin and the image of the wise officials of "the celebrities of restore" led by Wang Dao.