Abstract: New historicism takes different forms in Chinese traditional historical fictions, but since the beginning of the new century, its influence on historical literature creation has gradually declined. Web historical fictions, especially those by Cao San Gongzi have created a unique way to write historical biographies and reintroduce the characteristic of "historical biography" into Chinese contemporary historical fiction writing, marking a new start for the categorization of web historical fiction. These web historical fictions are not only inheritance and development, but also reasonable rewriting of the "historical biography" fictions. As one of the initial texts of the web historical genre fiction, Cao San Gognzi's works are of certain value in network literature history.

Key words: new historicism, historical biography, historical genre fiction, internet literature, individual value