Abstract:In Sima Qian's opinion, lofty officials are those who can strictly observe the laws and disciplines , devote to their duty, comply with the nature, and advocate“Governing through Non-Interference”. Sima Qian has a special criterion to judge whether a historical figure can be written into a certain group biography, that is, his main deeds should match the common features that the figures in the group biography have. So the fact that lofty officials from Han Dynasty are not written into the group biography of lofty officials in Shih Chi is just accidental, rather than as the traditional historians said, with the help of writing, Sima Qian wanted to satire Han Dynasty