Rereading the Contradiction in ＂The Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu＂

Rereading the Contradiction in The Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu

In the biography of The Hereditary House of the Marquis of Liu, Zhang Liang,the major character,is undoubtedly regarded as a great talent in military strategy as well as a prototype of wisdom in later Chinese novels.However,the author Sima Qian compares Zhang Liang to a woman in his concluding remarks,which greatly reflect his ambiguous attitude toward Zhang Liang.To find out the reason why Zhang Liang's portrait is more significant than his image revealed in the narrative provides readers a chance to inspe...