In fact, the Four Histories are the first four, namely Historical Records, Hanshu, Houhanshu and the History of the Three Kingdoms, which belong to the first four of the twenty-four histories and are historical masterpieces in the history of China.

1, Historical Records is the first biographical general history in the history of China, with a total of 130, which is divided into five forms: biography, book, table, family and biography. A biography, mainly about princes. The author is Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty. At first, Historical Records had no fixed title. Generally known as "Taishi Gongshu" or "Taishi Gongji", it is also called "Taishi Gongji" in the province. Historical Records was originally the general name of ancient history books. Since the Three Kingdoms, Historical Records has gradually become the proper name of Taishi Gongshu. Liang Qichao, who is next to him, praised this masterpiece as "a masterpiece through the ages".

2. Hanshu, also known as Pre-Hanshu, was compiled by Ban Gu, a historian in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical dynastic history in China, and it is also one of the "twenty-four histories". Hanshu is another important historical book in ancient China after Shiji, and it is called "the first four histories" together with Shiji, Houhanshu and The History of the Three Kingdoms. Hanshu mainly describes the history of 230 years from the first year of Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC) to the fourth year of Emperor Wangmang of the New Dynasty (23 AD). Hanshu, a total of 12 chapters and 8 tables 10 records 70 biographies, with a total of 100 articles. Later generations were divided into 120 volumes with 800,000 words.

3. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty published by Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty is a biographical history book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is called "Four History" together with Historical Records, Hanshu and The History of the Three Kingdoms. The book is divided into ten chapters, eighty biographies and eight records (continued by Sima Biao), which records the history from Wang Mang to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty 195.

4. The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in the Western Jin Dynasty mainly records the biographical national history of Wei, Shu and Wu, and records in detail the history of 60 years from the first year (220) to the first year of Emperor Tai Kang of Jin Dynasty (280), which is praised by later generations.