2003•Journal of Luoyang Institute of TechnologyRequires access
Sima Qian's curiosity and fantastic beauty of Records of the Historian in narrative style
Wang Wei
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Abstract
The impact of Chu culture,the edification of the era's spirit and the unusual life experience caused the curious aesthetic inclination,which made Records of the Historian full of fantastic beauty in narrative style.It wrote biographies for the brilliant and eccentric people,fabricated plots exaggertively and create legendary colouring,adopted preposterous stories of gods and produced confusion and mystery.It highlighted eccentric men despite the historical facts as well.