Abstract:
The basic point of Sima Qian's view of biographical history was historically integrating events with personalities and literature with history so as to well deal with the relationship between literature and history. This practice showed Sima's advanced view of reality of biographical history. However, in Histories of Greek and Roman Personalities, Plutarch always wavered between personalities and events and between history and literature, showing a contrast between all these. A comparative investigation of the two authors' views of reality of biographical history shows that Sima's historical integration of history with literature is of great enlightenment and significance to contemporary research of history and biographical history.
