“利令智昏”——《史记》平原君列传新解

"Blinded by Lust for Money"——New Explanation of the "Duke Ping-yuan Biography"

《史记》在人物塑造方面有其独到之处,其创造力为历代史书之冠。司马迁创作每个人物皆独具匠心,列传人物之间的联系丝丝相扣,值得玩味。从平原君生平最重要之决策——长平之战——作为一个新的切入点,并结合《平原君虞卿列传》做完整的推理,可以发现司马迁为平原君作传的本意是拿平原君的事拐弯抹角地说自己也是忠言逆耳而将被历史不公评价的人,是一种对平原君的同情,对自身命运的悲叹,也是对汉武帝无声的抗辩。

Shi Ji has its unique specialty in forming character, which achieves the top creativity among all historical works. Sima Qian showed originality in creating every character and made them connected with each other and worth enjoying. This article planed to discuss the original purpose of creating Ping-yuan biography by analyzing the most important war, Chang-Ping War, in Ping-yuan＇ s life connecting with Yu-qing biography.