Liu Ban (bān), Liu Shu and Fan Zuyu participated in the compilation of this masterpiece, and the revised text was Sima Kang, the stepson of Sima Guang.
1, Sima Guang has completed the long compilation from the Warring States to the Qin Dynasty. Before compiling Zi Tongzhi Jian, he independently compiled Chronicle of Warring States to Qin Dynasty, with a total of 8 volumes. After he presented this book to Song Yingzong, in April of the third year of Zhiping (1066), Yingzong ordered him to continue compiling it with the title "All Dynasties". The following year 10, Song Shenzong succeeded to the throne and was very interested in this book. He thought it was the title "In view of the past, it was endowed with" taking history as a mirror ",and he personally wrote a preface for it.
2. Liu Ban is responsible for compiling Hanshu. Liu Ban (1023— 1089), whose name is Gong Fu. Linjiang Xinyu (now Jiangxi Xinyu) was born in the Song Dynasty. Jinshi, a county magistrate for more than 20 years, moved to imperial academy to speak directly and became an official in Zhongshu. During the reign of Zhiping, Song Yingzong was ordered to collate the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. He has a deep knowledge of Han history, so he is mainly responsible for the long-term compilation of Han history.
3. Liu Shu is responsible for the long history of the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Liu Shu (1032— 1078), original word. Song Zhoujun (now Gao 'an, Jiangxi) was born. Jinshi, official to secretary cheng. Mainly responsible for writing long versions of the annals of the Three Kingdoms, the history of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the history of Sui and Five Dynasties and the history of Ten Kingdoms. In addition, he also made great contributions to the style and historical textual research of the book.
4. Fan Zuyu is in charge of Tang Shi's long editorial department. Fan Zuyu (1041-1098) was born in Huayang, Chengdu. Song Xining was a scholar for three years (1070), studied under Sima Guang, and was in charge of Tang Shi's long-term editing work. After writing, Sima Guang recommended him as the provincial secretary, and later he went to Longtuge to study for a bachelor's degree.
Sima Kang (1050— 1090) was born in Xiaxian County, Shaanxi Province, and was on public holiday. Sima Guang's stepson, Jinshi. Mainly responsible for text proofreading.
Second, Sima Guang is responsible for the unified drafting of the book. Sima Guang left the court because of Wang Anshi's political reform. First understand Yongxing Army (Jin 'an), and then be sentenced to Xijing Yushitai (Luoyang). He lived in Luoyang for 15 years and devoted himself to compiling Mirror.
After three fellow initiates, including Liu Ban, finished their long articles, the manuscripts were sorted out by Sima Guang. Because the principle of writing a long series is "I would rather lose in complexity than in ellipsis." This requires that the content of each part should be nuanced, and finally the content of each part will appear bloated. According to legend, the long Tang Ji edited by Fan Zuyu is 600 volumes long, so it is necessary to "slim down".
Sima Guang wants to cut the length of each part and check the selection of materials and the appropriateness of relevant arguments. Therefore, his task is also very heavy. It took 19 years to finish this book.
Sima Guang's contributions are as follows: first, he completed the long compilation from the Warring States to the Qin Dynasty, and second, he revised the whole book. Admirably, he didn't take all the credit for himself.