Sima Qian s National View and His Writing on the Image of the Huns-- Focusing on The Biography of the Huns of Records of the Grand Historian

After experiencing The Tragedy of Li Ling in the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian crated The Biography of the Huns to express his real political views and national thought. The first part of He s work records the historical evolution of the Huns; the second part records the customs and habits of the Huns society; and the third part describes Sima Qian s views on the results and influence of the Han-Hun War. The above three parts are interlinked around the relationship between Han and the Huns, and the judgment is based on the preface, which jointly reflects Sima Qian s national concept of homology of all races, national equality and harmonious coexistence . At the same time, it is of far-reaching significance to the evolution and formation of the idea of the unification of the Chinese nation.