《史记》是司马迁父子表现其史官文化使命感的著作。《史记·太史公自序》载太史公司马谈去世前,执其子司马迁手而泣曰:“余先周室之太史也。自上世尝显功名于虞夏,典天官事。后世中衰,绝于予乎? 汝复为太史,则续吾祖矣。今天子接千岁之统,封泰山,而余不得从行,是命也夫,命 “Historical Records” is Sima Qian’s father and son to show their sense of mission history of the work of the book. “Historical Records Taishi public order” before the Taishi company Ma talked about before the death, the execution of his son Sima Qian hands and sobbed: "Yu Xian Zhou room history too .Take the world famous Yu Xia, Dian days official affairs .After the middle of the decline, Never too much? Ru complex for the history of the Taizu, then continued my ancestors carry on .Today, the son of Chitose, sealed Taishan, and I can not from the line, is life also husband, life