非常之行 非常之功——司马迁西南之行取得的重大成果

An Extraordinary Journey:A Remarkable Contribution for Major Achievements in Sima Qian's Trip to Southwest China

司马迁奉使西征巴蜀以南,南略邛、笮、昆明等地,目的是接受西南夷族的归降,并划定疆域、设郡置吏,完成汉武帝经略西南的大业。司马迁的西南之行,通过实地考察西南各部夷族的情况,获得了第一手资料,于公为其完成朝廷经略使命提供了有力的保障,于己则丰富了个人阅历成就了其文化长征,同时也为创作《西南夷列传》等史传奠定了坚实的基础。司马迁有关边疆地区地理状况的叙写,是我国最早的边疆地理篇章,《史记》有关西南政区的划分,直接影响后世。司马迁这位非常之人的西南之行创建了令人瞩目的非常之功。

In 111 B.C. under the emperor's order,Sima Qian went on a westward long march to the south of Ba and Shu. He went to Qiong,Zuo,Kunming and other places. The purpose of this journey is to accept the surrender of the tribal groups in the southwest China,for the southwestern territory of the Western Han dynasty designated,the prefecture established and the local governor selected there. Most of all,it's to fulfill the great cause of Emperor Wu to absorb the southwest China. In his journey,Sima Qian obtained the very first-hand information of the tribes in the southwest by field researching on his own. It provides a strong guarantee to his mission of the royal court and he enriched his personal experiences as well. In the meantime,these information and experiences laid a solid foundation for his writings such as Biography of the Ethnic Minority Groups in Southwest China. His narrative of geography on the frontier regions is the primary geography literature in China. The division of administrative zones in southwest China which recorded in the Historical Records has direct influence to the later generations. The extraordinary man's southwest journey has made a remarkable contribution.