司马迁祠现存碑石与价值探讨

The Historical Study of the Existing Steles in Sima Qian Temple

司马迁是我国西汉伟大的史学家、文学家、思想家,创作了中国第一部纪传体通史《史记》。人们为纪念司马迁,特地在陕西省韩城建造了一座祠庙,名为"汉太史司马祠"。祠内现存古今碑石一百余通,内容涉及司马迁的人品与人格、司马迁祠墓的历史变迁、修缮祭祀活动、历代文人墨客的诗词评价,以及《史记》相关篇章中的名言警句等,是研究司马迁、《史记》、司马迁祠庙的珍贵财富,价值甚大。

Sima Qian is a great historian,litterateur and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty of China. His masterpieces： Historical Records is regarded as the first biographical history in China. The offspring built a temple on the Hancheng City,Shaanxi Province in order to commemorate him,which was named ＂the Temple of Court Historian Sima in Han Dynasty＂. This paper probes into a field study of the existing documents carved on stones in the temple,recorded Sima Qian＇s life,the history of its repair and the folk sacrifices,and the evaluation legacy of ancient literati,thus to research the historical value of the steles. Meanwhile,the research on the temple monuments will achieve a profound understanding of Sima Qian.