Liu Zhiji was born in 66 1, Pengcheng. He was a scholar in the imperial examination in 680 AD. His historical works include Zuo Lang, Zuo Lang and Prince Zuo Shuzi, and he also studies national history. In 72 1 year, he was demoted to the secretariat of anzhou, and was posthumously awarded as the prefect, in charge of land reclamation, water conservancy and civil engineering throughout the country. posthumous title was a writer. In 703, Yu Jingze co-edited 80 volumes of Tang Shu. During the Dragon-Dragon Period, Yu Hehe wrote Tian Ji. In 7 12 AD, he revised the genealogy together with genealogist Liu Chong and others, and wrote a surname record. Together with Jason Wu, he wrote A Record of Zong Rui, and revised the works such as A Record of Zetian and A Record of Zhongzong.

Liu Zhiji put forward some suggestions on historical writing, classified the previous history books, pointed out the problems and put forward some suggestions on writing. For example, the words in Shangshu are boring and difficult to understand. First of all, they are expressed in written language. As a well-read scholar, although Liu Zhiji acknowledged the merits of ancient books in the use of language, he still believed that the language in history books should keep pace with the times, rather than deliberately imitating classical books. Because the meaning of history books is to enable future generations to learn some truth from history, understanding is the most important thing, not just imitation, which goes against the essence of history books.

So from Liu Zhiji's point of view, we can see that Liu Zhiji is a scholar who understands the essential significance of history. Therefore, as the first historical classic in China's history, his Shi Tong is of great significance to the development of China's historiography.

It used to be blind imitation. It was not until the appearance of "The Story of the Stone" that later historians could write in such a fixed way, which standardized the historical creation of literati. Moreover, Liu Zhiji also emphasized the significance of history and advocated that creators should keep pace with the times and record in a language close to life. This makes the historical classics more approachable, and makes China's classics have extremely high value and high popularity.