Here are some other materials, I hope you have the patience to read them ~
Book 130, including biographies 12, tables 10, 8 books, 30 families, 70 biographies, 5265 15 words. "Chronicle" is the outline of the book, which records the words and deeds of the emperor by year. Table lists lineages, people and historical events in tables. The Book describes the development of the system, involving the system of rites and music, astronomical military law, social economy and river geography.
Historical records refer to many ancient books, such as Zuo Zhuan, Guoyu, Shi Ben, Warring States Policy, Chu and Han Chunqiu, a hundred schools of thought contend, etc., as well as archives and folk ancient books. He also interviewed himself, made field trips, and then carefully selected and used materials, which made him extremely rigorous in his academic attitude.
Historical works before the Han Dynasty can't be compared with Historical Records in terms of content, historical events, materials and compilation level of authors. It can be said that "Historical Records" is the first general history of China in ancient times, which is not only large in scale and complete in system, but also has a far-reaching influence on the biographical history books that follow, and the official history books of past dynasties are basically written in this genre. At the same time, the vividness of words and narration in the book is also the highest achievement, and Mr. Lu Xun has made great contributions to Historical Records.