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A study on the Evaluation and Thoughts of Shiji and Simaqian

Kim, Choon-hee 1 Kim, Sun-hee 1

1전북대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

As we enter the 21st century, ‘culture’ draws attention as a nation’s competitiveness and interests are higher than ever before on the added value of ‘Culture Contents’. What we focus on here are the long accumulated Culture Archetypes the ingredients before modification into culture contents - various classics of the humanities. Amongst those is Shiji of Simaqian, a culture archetype which is one of the treasure houses of oriental humanities. This study focuses on the author of the masterpiece Simaqian. This is because the life of Simaqian himself, as the lives of so many he portrait in his writings, moves people for years as a unique and distinguished story. First the epochal meaning of the unique era in which he lived is examined and then the true reason behind why he started writing Shiji. An inquisition is made thereafter for the foundations of his philosophy. Until now, Simaqian is perceived to be a Confucianist of a Huang-Laoist. The reason and evidence behind this assumption is inspected. His humane features and spirit is also examined. The research proves Simaqian as a latitudinarian who surpasses the era in which he lived and the system. The personal tragedy of Simaqian exemplifies a heroic figure which shows why humans need to live. The result is the orients greatest treasure source of Humane Studies, Shiji. The fundamentals behind Simaqian’s philosophy is Freedom thought grounded in humanism which believes the human life to be the most precious thing.

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