Research On Arian's Thoughts On Biographical History

Arrian is a Greek historian under the Roman Empire.His representative work Anabasis Alexanderi is a biographical work on the theme of Alexander's eastern expedition,which contains the author's affluent and profound historical thought of Biography.Therefore,based on Anabasis Alexanderi,this paper has mainly studied the background of formation,main connotation.prominent features and historical influence of Arrian's biographical historiography thought by combining historical theory with historical comparisons.Thus,we have a profound understanding of Arrian's important contribution to the development of Western biography history.Specifically:From the background of the formation of biographical historiography thought Arrian's rich personal experience,the era environment under the autocratic rule of the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D.and the tradition of classical historiography have deeply influenced the formation of Arrian's biographical historiography thought.It can be said that Anabasis Alexanderi is the product of Arrian's biographical thought under the specific historical background.From the connotation of biographical historiography thought,Anabasis Alexanderi mainly embodies Arrian's thoughts on biographical purposes,heroic history and biographical values.In terms of biographical purposes,Arrian clearly expresses his intention to rewrite Alexander's history and praise his great achievements,as well as leave a name on the celebrity list.In the aspect of heroic conception of history,Arrian narrates the important military activities and brilliant deeds in Alexander's expedition through the method of historical narration,successfully portraying him as a great hero of military conquest,highlighting his strong desire to conquer,deeply influenced by divine power,and finally the heroic spirit and characteristics of the tragic ending in the struggle against fate.In the field of biographical values,Arrian underlines the historical view of seeking truth by avoiding distorting historical facts due to subjective interests and good in evaluating the moral conduct of the biographer with Stoic rationalism.On this basis,throughout Alexander's life,he actively defends with his negative impact,thus showing a good image of Alexander to the world.From the point of view of the characteristics of biographical historiography thought,Anabasis Alexanderi mainly highlights three characteristics:Arrian's strong Historical concept of biography,demonstrating the Leader's Life Experience through Military Activities and his rigorous and monotonous biographical style.In the way of biographical concepts,Arrian has repeatedly stressed that what he wrote is about Alexander's history,thus deliberately separating biography from history and highlighting his strong historical concepts.Under the influence of this concept,Arrian strictly grasps the historical writing category and writing style.When it comes to biographical themes,it focuses on the selection of major military activities that can reflect the real life experience of the biographer.With regard to of biographical style,he chose and used the first-hand materials of Ptolemy,Aristobulus and other experienced persons to analyze and criticize the data through the method of historical evidence,and effectively built biographical writing on the basis of seeking truth,so as to make its biographical style more rigorous and introverted.From the historical influence of biographical historiography thought,Arrian inherits and develops the style and tradition of Western classical historiography,which has a far-reaching impact on the development of Western classical historiography;for modern historiography,Anabasis Alexanderi not only has valuable historical value,but also provides new research topics for scholars;for ancient Chinese biographical historiography,through the comparative study of Chinese and Western biography history,we can get some new enlightenment.Generally speaking,Arrian's biographical historiography work is the crystallization of Arrian's unique thinking under the joint influence of the era environment and the development tradition of historiography.It is important work emerging in the development process of Western biographical historiography and has a profound historical impact on the development of Western historiography.With the attention paid to the field of biography and the in-depth study of biography history,the works of classical biography historians such as Arrian will further flourish in the academic arena.