Is “Han Xin's biographical style and personal sentiments in official histories” true?

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In Records of the Grand Historian, the Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin is a separate volume for Han Xin, and the Grand Historian personally visited Huaiyin to pay respects at his mother's tomb, expressing deep regret: "When I went to Huaiyin, the people of Huaiyin told me that even when Han Xin was a commoner, his ambitions differed from others. When his mother died, he was too poor to bury her, but he sought a high and open place, so that beside it could accommodate ten thousand households. I looked at his mother's tomb, and indeed it was so." In History of Han, the Biography of Han, Peng, Ying, Lu, and Wu combines Han Xin with Peng Yue, Ying Bu, Lu Wan, and Wu Rui into one volume, and the appraisal only makes a general comment: "All of them seized opportunities through expedient changes, achieved success by deceit and force, and all obtained fiefs and faced south as lords. When they became powerful and were suspected, they felt uneasy, and when circumstances became difficult and pressure mounted, they eventually plotted rebellion and were finally destroyed."

Han Xin

Records of the Grand Historian sets up a separate biography for Han Xin and personally visits his grave, while History of Han incorporates him into a combined biography of non-imperial princes with a general discussion.

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