Sima Qian’s Study Of The Spring And Autumn Annals

Records of the Grand Historian of China written by Sima Qian is the beginning of the official history of our country,which has great influence on later generations and has always been the focus of researchers.However,in the study of Records of the Grand Historian of China,there are few studies on the relationship between Sima Qian and Spring and Autumn Annals and their science of Spring and Autumn Annals.Therefore,the article combs out Sima Qian’s understanding and views on Spring and Autumn Annals from the historical facts contained in Records of the Grand Historian of China,and makes a systematic and detailed discussion on his thought of Spring and Autumn Annals.The paper is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is the introduction.It mainly states the background and significance of the topic,the research status at home and abroad,as well as the difficulties and innovations of the research.The second chapter discusses the origin of Sima Qian’s study of Spring and Autumn Period.According to Sima Qian’s texts,his views and understandings on Spring and Autumn Annals must be based on the Spring and Autumn Annals and the three biographies of Spring and Autumn Annals.As far as the specific connotation of Sima Qian’s study of Spring and Autumn Period is concerned,it is far from following Confucius,and has been influenced by Dong Zhongshu,a ram scientist.The theory of Confucius’ writing of Spring and Autumn Period is the theoretical cornerstone of Sima Qian’s "Historical Records",and Sima Qian’s "Historical Records" is a copy of Confucius’ Spring and Autumn Period.The third chapter discusses Sima Qian’s understanding and qualitative analysis of Spring and Autumn Annals.Sima Qian once learned from Dong Zhongshu,and had a teacher-inheritance relationship with Dong Zhongshu.Sima Qian’s understanding of Spring and Autumn Annals is very similar to Dong Zhongshu’s thoughts.Sima Qian interpreted the Spring and Autumn Period with "rites" and regarded "rites and righteousness" as the basis of "Spring and Autumn Period".In Spring and Autumn Period,Sima Qian believed that it was of practical significance to "rectify the chaos",that is,to "correct" the monarch and minister.Chapter IV discusses Sima Qian’s "things" and "righteousness" in "following the Spring and Autumn Period".Sima Qian’s Historical Records is a work "following the Spring and Autumn Period".Specifically speaking,in the selection of historical materials,there are quotations of the classics and biographies of the Spring and Autumn Period.Secondly,in the understanding of the subtle meaning of the Spring and Autumn Period,Sima Qian inherited the idea of the Gongyang scholar’s unification and affirmed the unification of the king and the nation.He also inherited Gongyang’s thought of Confucius’ restructuring.In Sima Qian’s view,there are two important reasons for the legitimacy of Confucius’ restructuring.One is that the production of Spring and Autumn Annals is the nature of legislation for queens;the other is that Confucius is a vegetarian king with virtue or without position,and Sima Qian is a vegetarian king with Confucius’ status.Moreover,in calligraphy,Sima Qian inherited the Spring and Autumn Brushwork and developed it.