《史记》是一部信史 ,却体现出一定的小说色彩 ,对此历代学者已达成了共识 ,它记载了大量的神话传说、梦兆预言、灾异祯祥和奇闻逸事。其实历史和文学在叙事职能上是相近的 ,由于司马迁采用口述历史作为史料来源 ,用“好奇”的审美观来择采史料 ,并继承了先秦史书中的文学虚构手法进行艺术创作 ,这都使《史记》呈现出一定的小说性 ,但并不削弱它的史学价值 ,从其小说笔法中我们同样能获得历史信息。《史记》所以杂用小说笔法 ,有作者塑造人物形象的良苦用心 ,也寄寓着司马迁发表一家之言的许多感慨 Historical Records is a history of letters, but it reflects a certain fiction. For this reason, scholars have reached a consensus that records a great deal of myths and legends, prophecies of dreams, austerity and anecdotes. In fact, history and literature are similar in their narrative functions. Since Sima Qian used oral history as the source of historical materials, he adopted the curiosity of aesthetics to select historical materials and inherited the literary fiction in pre-Qin history books for artistic creation. “Historical Records” shows a certain degree of novelty, but it does not weaken its historical value, we can also get historical information from its novel style. “Historical Records” So miscellaneous novel writing method, the author painstakingly shaping the character image, but also send Sima Qian published a statement of many feelings