"Madam, there are some words in that book, if they are found out by someone with a heart, they may be said to be slanderous words, can they be seen by outsiders?"
Sima Ying had his own ideas: "The parts that should be deleted, such as Xiaojing and the first emperor's book, have long been read by Emperor Xiaowu and cut them in anger, so there is no record of the two periods."
After my father wrote the book, he was afraid that it would be destroyed by the authorities, so he hid the original copy of the famous mountain, and asked me to copy a copy and keep it in Beijing. ”This book is Sima Tan and Sima Qian's two generations to collect information and complete it independently, which is a private history, unlike many official histories in later generations that are officially set up to repair history, and gather the strength of many people to synthesize a book.Therefore, its ownership is Sima Qian's own decision, and this is the only two Taishi Gongshu in the world."
That Zongzheng Liu De has always liked Huang Lao, hasn't he visited my house several times to ask for Han Fei Laozi's biography and other articles to observe?
Since the Marquis of Xi'an is a friend of my family, he has read the letter from his father to Ren An, so why not enter the cabinet to take a look?
”After all, the book belonged to Sima's family, Yang Chang's objection was invalid, and after getting his mother's permission, Yang Yun took Ren Hong to the backyard.Yang Yun was a little puzzled: "Why does Xi'an Hou want to see his grandfather's posthumous works?"
”Ren Hong's answer made him unable to find fault."
Reading history makes people clear, I heard that the history of the Yellow Emperor to the beginning of thousands of years of history, has always been yearning for it."
Yang Yun was noncommittal, took Ren Hong to a house where there were several buckets outside at any time, and used the only key he carried with him to open the locked door.There is no dust in it, no dust, don't look at Yang Yun's unobtrusive appearance, but since he was ten years old, he has come to clean this house himself every day, this ugly child who has been too smart since he was a child, is always out of place with the outside world, only his grandfather's words can make him feel like he has found a confidant.What appeared in front of Ren Hong was a bookshelf set up on three walls, on which a stack of bamboo slips was set up, filling the entire house.Ren Hong, who has been a small official, knows best, a piece of Jane can probably write more than 30 words, so when Dongfang Shuo was waiting for the Zhao Jinmamen, he used 3,000 pieces of bamboo to write a resume, and wrote a full 100 volumes, about 100,000 words, and it took two people to carry it to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.And how many words are written in the Taishi Gongshu?
Yang Yun has already turned over each volume many times, and proudly introduced: "My grandfather snare the world to let go of the old news, a little study of his actions, and the beginning of the end, the history of its success and failure, the upper plan Xuanyuan, and the lower as for the early years of filial piety, for ten tables, twelve in this book, eight chapters in the book, thirty in the family, seventy in the biography, and one hundred and thirty articles."
A total of 526,500 words!
”That is, more than 500 rolls of bamboo slips, what is called sweat cow chongdong, this is ah!
In later generations, when the amount of information exploded, more than 500,000 were pediatrics, but in the Han Dynasty, like Dongfang Shuo, the books and the art of war that he had read since childhood added up to 400,000 words, and he was already "rich in learning and five cars".What's more, in these 500,000 words, almost every volume is a classic that can be passed down to the world.Ren Hong picked up the first volume on the right, but it was the Five Emperors Benji, and it was this volume that laid the foundation for the Chinese saying that "the descendants of Yan and Huang".So he took the bamboo slip, sat down on the desk in the center of the house, and looked at it with relish."
Xi'an Hou, you are" Ren Hong raised his head: "Didn't Mrs.
Yang let me treat this as my own home?"
Ziyu doesn't have to worry about me, when your cooking is cooked, I will go out when I smell the fragrance. ”Ren Hong completely forgot that Han Dangdang was still hungry at home!
Yang Yun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, not only was he annoyed, but he was very happy, stepped forward, and personally opened the window for Ren Hong, letting the light from the outside shine in."
Xi'an Hou, you are really a wonderful person!
I like it!
”From the 10th day of September to the 14th of September, Ren Hong came to visit Yang's house on time every morning for five consecutive days with a little lamb.After seeing Sima Ying, he plunged into the small study room, and had the potential to care about his spring, summer, autumn and winter.Yang Yun went to see Ren Hong a few times, but saw him sitting on the mat, holding a scroll, or sighing, or frowning, or regretting, or laughing.It's really like my younger self.The first time he saw someone intoxicated with his grandfather's books like himself, Yang Yun was a little moved, put away the arrogant and crazy behavior outside, and took the initiative to pour hot soup for Ren Hong and change the lamps and candles.On the day he met him, Yang Yun also sat in the room and picked up the book and reread it, and when Ren Hong got up to look for a book after reading a volume, Yang Yun was able to hand him the next volume accurately.Ten tables, twelve chapters, eight chapters of the book, thirty of the family, seventy of the biography, which volume is placed where, Yang Yun remembers it clearly.Of course, as far as Ren Hong himself is concerned, this experience is not good at all, it was originally a good atmosphere for red sleeves to read at night, but when he looked up, he saw an ugly man smiling at himself, who could stand it.And after Yang Yun came out and said what he saw, the Yang family was very surprised.Sima Ying was also surprised: "I thought that Xi'an Hou would only taste it and flip through it casually, but who would have thought that he would read each volume in order." ”In this way, in five days, under Ren Hong's forgetting to sleep and eat, he read all the more than 500,000 words that Sima Qian had spent 14 years writing in total.Although he also read historical records in his previous life, it was a version that had been circulated for 2,000 years and had been deleted and lost many times, and there was still a gap between it and the original.At that time, it was none of my business, I was just watching distant stories, and I didn't have the feeling of putting myself in my shoes now.With the power of one person, he can write such a hand-me-down work, writing the legendary era of the Five Emperors to the modern world, up and down for 3,000 years, and really doing the time of studying heaven and man, through the changes of the past and the present!
However, there is also a problem, thanks to the two fires added by Qin Shi Huang and Xiang Yu, many historical materials of the Three Dynasties and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are gone.Sima Qian can only rely on sporadic fragments and the words of the Warring States to supplement, so there are many mistakes and omissions.It is common for the chronology to be wrong or even the Qi and Wei kings are reversed, this is a matter of no choice, and he has no chance to see the bamboo book chronicle unearthed in the Jin Dynasty.And because the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period messed with each other, I scolded you Qin Rong, and you scolded me Chu Man, so many statements contradicted each other.In the face of divergent historical materials, Sima Qian probably felt that it was possible to say different theories, and it was a pity to take only one, so he let them exist in different biographies and leave them to future generations to judge.So Ren Hongneng saw that there are two theories about Qin Shi Huang's life experience, his mother has two records of Handan Da family daughter and Lü Buwei Mai Prostitute, Qin Shi Huang is regarded as the illegitimate son of Lü Buwei in the biography of Lü Buwei, and Qin Shi Huang became the son of Prince Xiang of Qin Zhuang in this chronicle.Different legends are contradictory, and it is also a question how Zhao Gao and Li Si's sand dune secret talks will flow out.The most exciting part of the whole is the dispute between Chu and Han, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's daring to sing for the world, the thrilling Hongmen banquet, like the end of the epic, are all famous stories.Heroes will appear one after another, and Sima Qian can outline their vivid images with just a few strokes.Thanks to the Chu Han Spring and Autumn Period left by Lu Jia, and Sima Qian's personal visit to the children of the founding heroes, that magnificent chapter can be restored.The only regret is that Sima Qian is a human being after all, and he really doesn't understand fighting at all, and he skips every big war, and he has no passion when he writes it hard.This is far worse than Zuo Chuan, and regardless of whether Zuo Chuan is a biography of the Spring and Autumn Period or not, or whether it is a fake book, its author has definitely personally observed the war, which makes people feel immersive.However, seeking truth from facts, Sima Qianzhen did not boast about Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu has the courage of Xiang Yu in this chronicle, but he also truthfully recorded his slaughter of the city, conceit and many other problems, and his rise and fall are all for a reason.If you only see half of the book and ignore the other half, you are saying that the author is biased.That's not Sima Qian's problem.It's a question for the reader of history.The conscience of the historian exists in the book, which is not false and beautiful, does not hide evil, obeys its good narrative, and has the talent of good history, which can be described as a true record.When he was tired of reading, Ren Hong got up and moved in this small hut to stretch his body.This is really small, and the historical records that were regarded as the first of the 24 histories in later generations are now shelved and difficult to spread.Because the most controversial part of the book is the record of Xiaojing and Xiaowu Dynasty, it was these two articles that angered Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and caused the deletion of the book, which also made Sima Qian not hopeful about the fate of this book, so he specially divided the copy collection.Can Ren Hong, who comes from later generations, not understand?
He knew it best.It is difficult for people to objectively look at history within a hundred years, and Sima Qian himself cannot do it.Especially when writing the biography of General Li, he brought in a strong subjective emotion, which made Li Guangming feel unjust.But Tai Shigong himself said that this was originally the "words of the family" written by him alone.What's more, he also truthfully recorded Li Guang's cautious and repeatedly defeated side.Sima Qian's target is by no means Wei Huo, but those who are incompetent and talentless, but who are in high positions because of nepotism.Li Guangli is talking about you!
There are also many things involving the Jing and Wu dynasties, which cannot be written straight, but can only be vaguely meaningful, which is Sima Qian's choice after experiencing the disaster of Li Ling.The unfinished words implied in these "only, no" are only left to the "saints and gentlemen" of later generations to explore.His caution was justified, and for a long time the historical records were not understood and regarded as "slanderous books".The later generations of Ban Biao criticized Sima Qian: "And his right and wrong are quite like saints; On the avenue, Huang Lao first and then the Six Classics, the prelude ranger retreats from the priest and enters the traitorous male, and the goods are worshiped for profit and shame and poverty, which is also covered. ”These words that negate Sima Qian, in Ren Hong's opinion, are actually praise!
Sima Qian is the last historian who has not been brainwashed by the Six Classics, so this book is really the last work in the era of Zixue.It not only recorded the genealogy of the emperors and generals, but also wrote the ethnic history of the Southwest Yi, Xiongnu, and Korea and Yue.Sima Qian once personally traveled all over the world, conducted field investigations, and went deep into the southwest as an entourage, knowing the mountains and rivers well, and also understanding what the basis of all this is.It is agriculture, Yu, industry and commerce, and all living beings, so he wrote a biography of goods and colonies as the last part of the biography.Ren Hong couldn't help but praise: "Starting with the five emperors of Yan and Huang, and ending with agriculture and industry and commerce and the world's goods, there is a beginning and an end." ”This idea really made Ren Hong breathtaking.It is both large and complete, small and fine.Many chapters of the Hanshu are basically taken directly from the historical records, and not a word has been changed, because the characters are so good that the pen power is amazing, to the extent that it is difficult to modify a single word.Time, and only time, can cleanse all sensitive words, make the unspeakable things talkable, and make people objective without preconceived emotions.Let a slanderous book referred to by a thousand people eventually become a true history and get its due historical status.Good things can stand the test of time, whether it is words or historical concepts, Shi Qian has stood at the highest point of two thousand years of feudal history books from the very beginning.In the future, it will be not as good as the generation, Ren Hong dares to say that the remaining private goods in the twenty-three histories will only be more than Sima Qian, not less than him.Even Ban also adheres to the Six Classics and criticizes many people from the moral high ground.Throughout the two thousand years, the historical records, as the originator of the biography, are the only historical books out of the circle, and there are many audiences, and they are destined to be scrutinized by countless people.People expect it to be perfect.That's why they are indignant at its imperfections, and those who are extreme are eager to denounce it as a "novel".In fact, there is no need to criticize a historian from 2,000 years ago, and it is necessary to reach the height of modern historical materialism.Really take away those flying words, plump portraits, interesting stories, and write into a one-by-one documentary, most of you will say: "It's too long to look at!"
”"Well, that's gone?
Hate short. ”On September 14, when the last volume of Taishi Gong was read from the preface, there were no more volumes on the shelves that he had not read.Ren Hong couldn't help but feel stunned.With the second year of Tianhan as the boundary, Sima Qian's life is divided into two sections.The wayward and frank before, the taciturn after.Since the beginning of the corrupt punishment, he is no longer passionate and enthusiastic, no longer looking forward to witnessing a prosperous era, but silently bows his head, and is with the light, just to finish writing the historical record and the last record of this era.When the last one is finished, it is like a lamp that has drained all the grease, and it goes out.He must have been full of disappointment in this world when he died, the witch curse had just happened, the government and the opposition were in turmoil, the local area had reached the point where the people were not able to make a living, thieves were everywhere, and if he didn't make changes, the great man would even have the potential to collapse!
It's a pity that Sima Qian didn't even wake up to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he passed away.Ren Hong couldn't help but think of a song."
In the surging river, you are a wave, you are a strange peak in the mountains, you hide your loneliness in the gaps of the dark clouds, you write your dreams in the blue sky and grassland, you burn yourself, warm the earth, let yourself become ashes, let the wisps of flames dance, that is your last confession!"
He felt that this final confession was not suitable for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but should be dedicated to Sima Qian.Because Liu Che burned others to warm the earth from life to death, how could he ever be willing to burn himself?
What is suitable for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is to live for another five hundred years, to be a man with bitter and sweet, good and evil to separate from each other, young heroic ambition and lonely people in old age, the two extreme evaluations are self-inflicted.And Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who has been begging immortals to take medicine all his life, visiting Penglai, and looking for the Queen Mother of the West, really wants to live for another 500 years.In any case, the past few decades belong to the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Sima Qian.As a high-ranking emperor, he insisted on beating and whipping the world, and used his own ideas to build the behemoth of Tianhan, so that China truly completed the unification.The other is a little historian, he made a big summary of the past 3,000 years of Chinese history, simmered the soul of the Han with a slow fire, and after the body was discounted and lay on the ground, he still burned his last life and issued a final outpouring.It is these more than 500,000 words that allow future generations to open a window across time and space through these words and see this great era.There is virtue on the Tai, followed by meritorious service, followed by speech, although it has not been abandoned for a long time, this is called immortal.From a certain point, it was this "little person" who had a crippled body and never affected the court situation that finally achieved the immortality of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, as well as the generals, strategists, messengers, merchants, beauties, and sentient beings of this era!"
Xi'an Hou finally finished reading it, what do you think of his grandfather's book?"
So when Yang Yun, who was sitting opposite, asked this question with a serious face.Ren Hong raised his head, sat upright, and said what the man had to say about the book."
The swan song of the historian.""
Rhymeless separation!"
PS: Plus more in the evening.