“欲究天人之际”,是司马迁写《史记》的一个目的。一部历史,究其实质,到底是天意(即神意)的安排和体现,还是人类社会自身的发展过程?对于这个历史哲学的基本问题,司马迁通过历史事件和人物的叙述,作出了自己的回答。 “To study the occasion of heaven and earth” is Sima Qian write “Historical Records” for one purpose. A history, its essence, in the end is the arrangement and manifestation of God’s will, or the development of human society itself? For this basic issue of historical philosophy, Sima Qian by historical events and character narration, made its own answer .