Re-Construction as a Must for Historical Literature

It is hard to restore historical reality even though it once existed. In fact, what historical texts have recorded is only general frames and surveys of historical people and events, and historians with different views would make different judgments, and prejudice is inevitable. Therefore, it is impossible for historical literature to recover historical reality, and the only way for it lies in its reconstruction. The meaning of “reconstruction” is re-making and re-constructing out of the general trend of history, its schematic frame, and the possible shapes of the people and events. It is a process that might overthrow accepted but biased views in terms of historical materials. It is also a process that should work out artistic worlds that resemble true history by means of historical spirit and artistic tastes. That would be a process that recovers historical texts at a higher level to renew their artistic brilliance. There are three dimensions in artistically reconstructing historical world, namely, epistemological, value, and aesthetic.