The Evolution of"Veritable Records"in the Historical Prose of Shang and Zhou Dynasties from the Perspective of Implied Readers
"Veritable records"are an important evaluation standard of the quality of ancient historical prose,and they were also the lofty spiritual pursuit of ancient Chinese historians.At present,the academic circles mostly trace their origins back to the Spring and Autumn Period,represented by Dong Hu,an historian of the Jin State.In fact,Chinese historian culture has a long history,and the veritable records by historians in the Spring and Autumn Period should have been the result of the evolution of historians'writing system.Judging from the oracle bone inscriptions,the sorcerers of the Yin and Shang periods had had the consciousness of truthfully recording events.The implicit reader was the default reader of the authors when they were writing.Exploring the Chinese historians'"veritable records"from the perspective of the implicit reader is conducive to more accurately and systematically restoring the evolution of the writing of'veritable records'from the motive of writing,and revealing the development of the tradition of"veritable records"by Chinese historians.
Implied readersShang and Zhou DynastiesHistorical proseYear-by-year records of events related to emperors
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