In the first year of Emperor Hanyong, the local governor recommended Zhang Heng to be an official in the imperial court, but he didn't leave because of the recommendation. Zhang Heng has been invited to the imperial court for many times by the three official positions, but Zhang Heng has not yet taken office.
This passage comes from Zhang Hengchuan in the late Han Dynasty. "It is not good to raise filial piety honestly and even set up a government." It embodies Zhang Heng's good moral character of taking his time and not admiring worldly vanity. On the other hand, it also highlights Zhang Heng's noble quality and talent from the side. Only those who are famous for their filial piety to their parents and brothers can be recommended as filial piety.
Most of the later Han books followed the ready-made styles of Historical Records and Hanshu, but they were innovative. First, he added Empress Ji after Emperor Ji. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been six queens, and their activities are written in the form of discipline, which is well-founded and accurately reflects the political characteristics of this period.
In addition, Ye Fan also inherited Sima Qian's compiling thought of "connecting the past with the future". In many prefaces and discourses, he broke the restriction of dynasties, described the occurrence, development and result of a historical phenomenon as clearly as possible, and tried to summarize it. This historical research method, which explores the changes of ancient and modern times and summarizes the laws of historical development from the development of historical situations, is desirable.