有为而作,探本求真——读可永雪先生《〈史记〉人物论》《〈史记〉中的再创作选评》

Working for Something and Exploring the Essence After Reading Ke Yongxue’s On the Characters in Historical Records and Selected Comments on Recreation in Historical Records

《〈史记〉人物论》《〈史记〉中的再创作选评》是可永雪老师新出版的两部研究《史记》人物的专著,两书是可老师人物研究的总结性著作,有内在的关联。前者是《史记》人物的品评,客观、全面、深刻,因“有感而发”成为“有为而作”。后者探讨《史记》文学成就的溯源,通过典型案例的比勘、分析,探索司马迁对原材料的加工,《史》文渊源一目了然,是《史记》研究的新尝试,可谓“探本求真”。

On the Characters in Historical Records and Selected Comments on Recreation in Historical Records are two newly published monographs by Ke Yongxue on the study of characters in Historical Records.The two books are summary works on the study of characters in Historical Records and have inherent connections.The former is the evaluation of the characters in Historical Records,which is objective,comprehensive,and profound,and becomes“accomplished”due to“Working for Something”.The latter explores the origin of the literary achievements of Historical Records,and through the comparison and exploration of typical cases,explores Sima Qian’s processing of raw materials.The literary origins of Historical Records are clear at a glance,which is a new attempt to study Historical Records and can be described as“Exploring the Essence”.