Herodotus and Sima Qian: Great Historians

Due to the contributions of many people, historical writing has evolved over time. In modern sense, it can be traced back to ancient Greece and China, historians Herodotus and Sima Qian began to record the existence of humans. Although they were not the first people to write history, their personal innovation and extensive work had influenced history to this day, so they were both the first great historian of the West and the East It was known as.

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The historian's explanation provides the most comprehensive description of philosopher's life, written by Sima Chiang at the end of the 2nd century BC and the beginning of the 1st century BC. Unfortunately, Sima Qian's account is considered romantic. Nonetheless, Sima Qian and others are generally regarded as fictitious sources of information, and when used with Analects, the philosopher's biography - Confucius between Confucius and his followers - Provide a solid foundation. Sima Chiang believes Confucius was a descendant of the Qing Dynasty before Zhou Dynasty. Traditionally he was born in 551 or 552 BC, the latter was thought to be more likely. His father, he was an officer, died when Confucius was only three years old. His mother Yan Zhengzai grew up and said to live in poverty. Confucius was forced to do all kinds of work from the shepherd to the bookkeeping according to the traditional concept.

Sima Qian and other source sources said Confucius had experienced poor and humiliating youth and was forced to engage in small work such as post-adult accounting and care of animals. The story of Sima Qian contains a story about how Confucius was born in response to the parents' prayers in Qiu called Ni. Confucius' surname's hole (which means literally a thankful word for answering prayers), his taboo name Qiu, and his social name, Nini, is related to the magical environment in which he was born. This caused people to doubt the Confucius royal family tree in Zuo Zhuan and Shi Ji. Similarly, Confucius's "Death Age Record" and "72 years old" are widespread "magical numbers" that have extensive meaning in Chinese early literature. It is not surprising that we can say in Confucian childhood because childhood of Confucius can be spent in Lucerne where he is said to have been born.