The First Four History is the first four history books in the Twenty-four History, that is, the first four history books. Including Historical Records by Sima Qian, a historian in the Western Han Dynasty, Hanshu by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Houhanshu by Ye Fan in the Southern Dynasty and The History of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a famous historian in the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, and is listed as the first of the "Twenty-four History", which records the history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the first year of founding ceremony, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Hanshu, also known as Pre-Hanshu, was compiled by Ban Gu, a historian in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After more than 20 years, the junior high school under construction was basically completed, with comments by Yan Shigu in Tang Dynasty. It is the first biographical dynastic history in China, one of the "Twenty-four History".

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty compiled by Ye Fan, a historian of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is also called "the first four histories" with Historical Records, Hanshu and The History of the Three Kingdoms.

The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou, a historian in the Western Jin Dynasty, records the dynastic history of China in the Three Kingdoms period, and is also one of the "first four histories" with the highest evaluation among the twenty-four histories.