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Keywords: Yu Yingshi 余英時, Sima Qian 司馬遷, Liu Zhiji 劉知幾, Shiji 史記, historical method, comparison and analogy, Shitong 史通, Hanshu 漢書 , Hongmenyan 鴻門宴, seating etiquette, Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Han banquets, Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Zhulin qixian 竹林七賢, Guang Yu 關羽, Sanguozhi 三國誌, heroes, jiaohui 教會, White Lotus, Wang Qingcheng 王慶成, Hong Xiuquan 洪秀全, Taiping Tianguo 太平天國, Liang Fa, Gutzlaff, Christianity, Liang Qichao 梁啟超, Tan Sitong zhuan 譚嗣同傳, Li Hongzhang, literary forgeries, Xiao Hong 蕭紅, Huiyi Lu Xun xiansheng 回憶魯迅先生