On the Consciousness of "Cultural Hierarchy" and the "Choice of Identity" among the Separation of Confucian Classics and History Books:Taking Sima Qian and Historical Records as the Center

Historical Records by Sima Qian was the first official history.At this critical turning point,the cultural factors,the psychological and ethnic backgrounds were essential.The categories about Confucian classics,history book,the personal writings about theory of scholars,and collected works of literature,was essentially correspond to the grade of three immortality about value of life in Chinese Culture.But times had changed,the opportunities of books changing into Confucian classics had disappeared,and Sima Qian's personal characteristics and type did not meet Confucius's sage image,thus Historical Records could only enter the official history series,and could not get into saints list.