司馬遷之《史記》剪裁史事得宜、又於敘事中暗藏褒貶與論斷,無處不見其史家筆法,以〈絳侯周勃世家〉而言,雖不如〈淮陰侯列傳〉等篇章受到較多關注,然筆者以為,其中運用的史家筆法與書法亦十分精湛,依筆者考證,共可得出屬辭比事、寓論斷於敘事、側筆、逆攝及太史公論贊褒貶人物等五端書法史筆。〈絳侯周勃世家〉寓論斷於敘事之筆法中,司馬遷巧妙地以旁人之語道出絳侯功高震主之嫌,並以誣陷下獄一事對比絳侯周勃與條侯亞夫之處境,於敘事中論斷兩人之性格表現,同時以側筆比較高祖、文帝與景帝之寬仁。許負論相之逆攝手法,看似載相術預言之神秘,實則以寥寥數語總結條侯一生,同時寓條侯剛毅不屈性格遭致苦果。最後,太史公論贊褒貶絳侯、條侯,不虛美、不隱惡,展現實錄精神。
Sima Qian inherits the historian's viewpoint from Spring and Autumn Annals and also we can find those viewpoint through his narrative forms in Shiji." Marquis Zhou Bo", an article that contains lots of narrative forms but just few relevant research focus on it. This paper attempts to identify Sima Qian's intension behinds that by looking at the 'how' and 'why' of its composition . It categorized to five forms: judgment within narrative, asserted the imperial historian, circumventing insinuation, various approaches and pre-narrative.