The Ferrymen in the Records of History

The Wujiangephor in Biographic Sketches of XIANGYU, the old fisherman in the Biography of WU Zixu and the Biography of Quyuan and Jiasheng are nobodies in the Records of History. Their identities are ordinary ferrymen, however, identity is hidden behind their real images. The image of the wise man of Wujiangephor, the images of the righteous fisherman and hermit are all hidden in the writings of SIMA Qian. The three of them not only completed the redemption of the heroes, but also played prominent roles in the character displays of the heroes XIANGYU, WU Zixu and Quyuan, the construction of the plots, environment and the author's emotional expression.