According to Sima Qian,He copied Historical Records,the original deposited in a famous mountain,the copy in the national library of the capital.Depositing the original in a famous mountain was aimed at handing down to some-one,and he expected this will making him immortalized.The famous mountain which Sima Qian said was where the immor-tals lived,and the opinion that depositing Historical Records in a famous mountain should be based on the story that Yu tamed floods depending on the book obtained in a famous mountain.After Sima Qian died,Someone can get the deposited Historical Records through their own efforts voluntarily at a certain time.Sima Qian created the cultural tradition that deposit-ing the books in a famous mountain,through mixing together Confucianism that he expected to be immortal by writing books and the alchemists'thoughts.This cultural tradition became Chinese ancient intellectuals'ultimate aim in the field of writing,and had a major impact on the way of handing down Taoist scriptures.Yan Shigu advanced the reason that Sima Qian depositing Historical Records in a famous mountain was in order not to lose.This interpretation also had an important effect on the preservation of books in ancient times.
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