In fact, these historical writers, the so-called historians, are novelists! All ancient historical documents and classics are also novels. ....
Don't worry, listen to me;
First of all, Sima Qian, we all say that this man is recognized as the first person to describe history and the best recorder of Han history, but do you know? Sima Qian's Historical Records is highly praised by all historians and cultural testers. In fact, it is the product of a low-level novel between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Has Sima Qian seen the emperor? Don't!
Has Sima Qian seen Yao Shunyu? He hasn't seen them either, let alone found historical documents about them (it wasn't recorded until the Zhou Dynasty, before which there was no so-called "historian" to record the history of your country)
Has Sima Qian met Qin Shihuang? Any idea what he looks like? I don't know. ....
In other words, Historical Records, which has always been regarded as the official history, is actually a book compiled by Sima Qian through hearsay and his own imagination, which is referred to as Historical Records for short ... Besides, Sima Qian's "folk sayings" as reference materials are only one or two of four or five. He likes this kind of talk and thinks this understanding is correct. So he remembers. Can he still get through? Can he still know the life of the Yellow Emperor and the true story of Yao Shunyu? Do you know what Qin Shihuang looks like? ... that's impossible ...
Not to mention when will the other "History of the Later Han Dynasty" and "History as a Mirror" be written? I don't believe that people in the Western Jin and Southern Song Dynasties can still know the true history of the Han Dynasty. ...
Therefore, the so-called "history" or documents recorded by ancient historians in China are false in nine cases out of ten. The emperor (the ruler of the current dynasty) writes whatever he says, or whatever the people say he thinks fit. There is no real history. ...
Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Chen Shou's History of the Three Kingdoms are both novels. ...