Where is Sima Qian's hometown?

Sima Qian's hometown has always been divided into Hancheng in Shaanxi and Hejin in Shanxi. Zhang Shoujie, the earliest advocate of Hancheng in Shaanxi Province, said in Historical Records Justice that Longmen Mountain is in xia yang County (now Hancheng). At the same time, there are two surnames, Feng Hetong, living in Xucun, a ghost town in Hancheng. They both consider themselves descendants of Taishigong. They claimed to be Sima's family, because Sima Qian was imprisoned, and later generations felt humiliated, so they changed their surnames: adding a vertical to the left of Sima's word "Si" became the word "Tong"; Adding two points to the left of the word "Ma" becomes the word "Feng", which is proved by the tomb of Sima Qian in Zhichuan Town, Hancheng.

People who hold the theory of Shanxi Hejin believe that Longmen (including Longmen Mountain and Yumenkou) has been recorded in Shanxi Hejin City since ancient times. The Yellow River flows out of Yumenkou from northwest to southeast and turns sharply from north to south, which is exactly what Sima Qian called "the day of farming, animal husbandry and mountains". It is reported that there used to be a monument to "the hometown of Taishi Gong Sima in Han Dynasty", but it was unfortunately destroyed when water conservancy was built. And now there are Sima residents in the village. And I believe that Sima Qian's tomb is not in Hancheng, but in Xisha Ridge, not far from xinfeng village, Hejin City. There are two records in Pingyang Fuzhi, both of which clearly state that Sima Qian was from Hejin. One is the 23-volume "Man" on page 580, in which there are Sima Tan and Sima Qian. Sima Tan described it this way: "Sima Tan, a native of Longmen, was the official of Jianyuan Taishiling." The description of Sima Qian is as follows: "Sima Qian, with a long word, recited ancient Chinese at the age of ten, traveled to Fuyuan Township in Jianghuai with a weak crown, and was involved in literary works. After crossing Liangchu, he returned home. Too junior high school, for Taishiling, was angry because Li Ling offended seclusion and compiled historical records. Both Liu Xiang and Yang Xiong said that they have a good historical talent. " The second place is 32 volumes. In the Hejin county annals from page 892 to page 893 of Mausoleum Annals, * * * records the tombs of eight rural sages, including not only Sima Qian's tomb, but also the most detailed one. The original text is: "Han Taishi Cemetery, fifteen miles west of the county." "Notes on Water Classics" said:' There is a temple in front of Zhang Zi's tomb of Sima Yi and a monument in front of it. In the fourth year of Yongjia, Yin Ji, the satrap of Hanyang, made great contributions and built stone chambers, monuments and cypresses. Tai Shigong told himself: He was born in Longmen, and the tomb is there. I don't know where it is now, or the cloud is not in the river, or the cloud is on the west bank of the river. ""The first record above confirmed that Sima Qian was from Longmen Town, Pingyang County, Shanxi Province. The second record confirms that Sima Qian was also buried in his native land Hejin after his death. On the whole, it can be concluded that Sima Qian was born in Hejin before his death and buried in Hejin after his death. (Note: Pingyang County Records was compiled by Kong, a famous scholar in the Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. At that time, Pingyang Prefecture governed Linfen and Yuncheng counties, and Lingshi and Shilou counties. This chronicle is called "a precious name" and "a masterpiece" by today's historians, and those who hold the opinions of Hejin City, Shanxi Province think its historical materials are reliable and authoritative. )