《史记》是中国历史上第一部纪传体通史，记载了上至上古传说中的黄帝时代，下至汉武帝太初四年间共3000多年的历史。《史记》对后世中国史学的发展产生了深远影响，它也是一部优秀的文学著作，被誉为“史家之绝唱，无韵之《离骚》”。
　　Authored by Sima Qian，Records of the Historian is the first Chinese book on general history ever written in the biographical style. Besides，being a great literary work，Records of the Historian opens a new horizon of recording and narrating historical events in the form of individual biographies.