1, "Records of the Grand Historian"
is a general history that runs through ancient and modern times. It starts from the ancient Huangdi and is written until the first year of Yuanshou of Emperor Wu of Han, and describes the history of about three thousand years in my country. The preface to "Records of the Grand Historian" states that the book contains twelve chapters of the biography, ten chapters, eight chapters of books, thirty chapters of aristocratic families, and seventy chapters of biographies, totaling one hundred and thirty chapters. Detailed and rich in content.
2, "Han Shu"
includes twelve chapters of the original chronicle, eight chapters, ten chapters of the book, seventy chapters of biographies, a total of one hundred chapters, which were divided into 120 volumes by later generations. Its records began in the first year of Emperor Gao of Han, Liu Bang, and finally in the fourth year of Emperor Dihuang of Wang Mang.
3, " Book of the Later Han "
90 volumes, written by Fan Ye of the Southern Song Dynasty, is the most basic basis for us to study the history of Eastern Han . Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records that began when Liu Xiu raised an army to overthrow Wang Mang, and finally ended up in the Han Dynasty. He was located in the Cao Pi and recorded the 195-year history of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
4, " Three Kingdoms "
65 volumes, including " Wei Shu ", "Shu Shu" 15 volumes, and "Shu Shu" 20 volumes, mainly recording the history of the Wei, Shu and Wu periods.
5, "Book of Jin"
130 volumes, including ten volumes of Emperor Chronicles, twenty volumes of record, seventy volumes of biographies, and thirty volumes of record, recording the history of the Western Jin Dynasty and and Eastern Jin from the second year of Emperor Gong of Jin Dynasty. It also describes the rise and fall of the separatist regimes of the sixteen countries in the form of "records".
6, "Song Book"
A historical work in the form of a biography, records the historical facts of the Liu Song Dynasty from Liu Yu to Liu Zhun's sixty years, and was written by Shen Yue. The book has 100 volumes, ten volumes of record, thirty volumes of biography, and sixty volumes of biographies. The author compiled the book based on the old version of the Song Dynasty , He Chengtian , Xu Ai and others, and wrote the book in a continuation.
7, " Southern Qi Book "
records the history of the Southern Qi Dynasty from the first year of Jianyuan in the first year of Emperor Gao of Qi to the second year of Zhongxing in the Qi He Emperor, and is the earliest existing history of the Southern Qi Dynasty. Originally named "Shu Qi", it was different from "HTM3 Northern Qi Book " written by Li Baiyao in the Song Dynasty, and was renamed "Shu Nan Qi Book", and the author was Xiao Zixian .
8, " Liang Shu "
56 volumes, records the history of 56 years from the founding of Emperor Wu of Liang to the founding of the country by Emperor Jing of Liang to the demise of Xiao Fangzhi. It was written and completed by two generations of people, Yao Cha and his son Yao Silian.
9, " Chen Shu "
36 volumes are historical works in the form of dynasties in the Southern Dynasty. They record historical events from Emperor Wu of Chen and his son Yao Silian to the throne from Emperor Wu of Chen to the throne to Chen Houzhu Chen Shubao's destruction of the country by Emperor Wen of Sui. They were written by Yao Cha and his son Yao Silian.
10, "Book of Wei"
, one hundred and twenty-four volumes, including twelve volumes of the genealogy, ninety-two volumes of the biographies, and twenty volumes of the biography. Because some of the records, biographies and recounts are too long, they are divided into three volumes: upper, lower, upper, middle and lower volumes, which are actually a total of 130 volumes. Northern Qi written by Wei Shou.
11, "Book of Northern Qi"
is the original name "Book of Qi". It was only added to the word "Bei" in the Song Dynasty to create the current name. Although it mainly records the history of Northern Qi, it actually records about eighty years from the onset of the army to the demise of Northern Qi, and reflects the rise and fall of the Eastern Wei dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
12, "Book of Zhou"
fifty volumes, including eight volumes of the biography and forty-two volumes of the biography. Editor-in-chief of Tang Ling Gude, the editor-in-chief of Cen Wenben and Cui Renshi .
13, " Sui Book "
has a total of eighty-five volumes, including five volumes of the Emperor's Chronicles, fifty volumes of the Biography, and thirty volumes of the Book of Records. This book was compiled by many people and was divided into two stages. It took 35 years from creation to completion. The authors of "Book of Sui" are all well-educated people and have a high level of history writing.
14, "Southern History"
is a historical work in the form of the historical form of the Southern Dynasty, which is a collection of the history of the Song, Qi, Liang and Chen in the Southern Dynasty. It starts from the first year of the 4th year of Emperor Wu of the Southern Dynasty (420 AD), and ends in the third year of Zhenming of Chen Shubao (589 AD), and records the history of the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasty."Southern History" and "Northern History" are sister chapters, and were compiled by Master Li and his son , Li Yanshou and his generations.
15, "Northern History"
"Northern History" has 100 volumes, including twelve volumes of the genealogy and eighty-eight volumes of the biographies. It records the history of the four feudal regimes of Wei, Qi (including the Eastern Wei), Zhou (including the Western Wei), and Sui from 386 to 618 AD. The author Li Yanshou, a native of , Xiangzhou (now Anyang, Henan), was a historian, participated in the compilation of "Book of Sui" and "Book of Jin", and also wrote "Southern History".
16, " Old Tang Books "
The earliest existing system records the history of in the Tang Dynasty. Its original name is " Tang Book ". It was renamed "Handle Book " written by Ouyang Xiu , Song Qi and others in the Song Dynasty, and was renamed "Old Book of Tang". The "Old Book of Tang" has a total of 20 volumes, including twenty volumes of the general script, thirty volumes of the biography, and one hundred and fifty volumes of the biographies. In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Later Jin Dynasty (941 AD), Shi Jingtang ordered the revision of the history of the Tang Dynasty, and the prime minister Zhao Ying was supervised. Zhao Ying immediately formed a compilation team. By the second year of Kaiyun (945 AD), the book was completed, which took only more than four years.
17, "New Book of Tang"
, 225 volumes, including ten volumes of the journal, fifty volumes of the journal, fifty volumes of the table, fifteen volumes of the biographies, and one hundred and fifty volumes of the biographies. Compared with "Old Book of Tang", the author put a lot of effort into his ambitions, adding "Yiwei Zhi" and "Military Zhi" that were not available in various histories before. The other books also added new information, and the quality is mostly above the "Old Book of Tang".
18, " The Old Five Dynasties History "
The whole book has 150 volumes, including 61 volumes of the journal, 77 volumes of the biographies, twelve volumes of the journal, and two volumes of the catalog. Originally named " Historical History of the Five Dynasties ", also known as "Book of the Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou". Later generations distinguished themselves from Ouyang Xiu's " New Historical History of the Five Dynasties ", so they are commonly called "Old Historical History of the Five Dynasties".
19, "New History of the Five Dynasties"
was originally named "Records of the Five Dynasties". It was a private revised history after the Tang Dynasty was established to compile history. The author Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072 AD) compiled this book between the 18th year of Jingyou (1036 AD) and the fifth year of Huangyou (1053 AD).
20, "History of Song"
was compiled in the late Yuan Dynasty. The book has 47 volumes of the biography, 162 volumes of the book, 32 volumes of the book, 255 volumes of the biographies, a total of 496 volumes, and about 5 million words. It is the largest official historical book in the 25 histories.
21, " Liao History "
The whole book has 116 volumes, including thirty volumes of the journal, thirty-two volumes of the journal, eight volumes of the table, forty-five volumes of the biographies, and one volume of interpretation in Mandarin. This book systematically records the history of the Liao Dynasty for more than 200 years in ancient my country, and also records the situation of the Liao Dynasty before the founding of the Liao Kingdom, as well as the overview of the Western Liao built by Yelu Dashi after the fall of Liao. It is an important historical record for studying Liao, Khitan and Western Liao.
22, "History of Jin"
"History of Jin" was written in the Yuan Dynasty. The book has 135 volumes, including 19 volumes of the genealogy, 39 volumes of the record, 4 volumes of the table, and 73 volumes of the biographies. It is an important historical book that reflects the rise and fall of the Jin Dynasty built by the Jurchens.
23, " Yuan History "
"Yuan History" is a biography-style historical book that systematically records the rise and fall of the Yuan Dynasty. It was written in the early years of the Ming Dynasty . From , the second year of Hongwu, , to August, it took 188 days to cultivate the history of the dynasties before Emperor Shun, a total of 159 volumes.
24, " Ming History "
"Ming History" 332 volumes, including twenty-four volumes of the journal, seventy-five volumes of the journal, two hundred and twenty volumes of the biographies, and thirteen volumes of the table. It is a biography of the Ming Dynasty, which records more than 200 years from the first year of Hongwu (1368 AD) to the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644 AD). "History of Ming Dynasty" is praised by historians for its well-compiled compilation, detailed materials, stable narratives and concise writing. It is a historical book with a high level.