≪漢書⋅文帝紀≫補充≪史記⋅孝文本紀≫所闕材料研究

Abstract

This article discusses how the Imperial Annals-Biography of Emperor Han Wendi in the Hanshu supplements the historical materials missing in the Shiji. The article first reviews the comparative studies of previous scholars on the recording of historical events in the early Western Han Dynasty in the Shiji and Hanshu, generally thinking that many articles in the Hanshu have borrowed from the content of the Shiji, so the two books have a lot of overlap in content. Then, this article systematically lists the specific content of the Imperial Annals-Biography of Emperor Han Wendi in the Hanshu supplementing the Shiji, including detailed records of different years during Emperor Wen’s reign. Through the method of parallel passages evidence, these additional materials have made up for the historical materials missing in the Imperial Annals-Biography of Emperor Han Wendi in the Shiji in describing some of the chronological parts of Emperor Wen’s reign, providing new clues for future research on the compilation method of the Hanshu. The Hanshu inherits the Shiji, and its Imperial Annals-Biography of Emperor Han Wendi not only supplements the missing parts of the Shiji, but the related materials also allow readers to deeply understand the documentary basis at the time of the compilation of the Hanshu, supplementing the complete historical picture of the Western Han Dynasty under Emperor Wen.