history
It is the first biographical general history in the history of China. The book 130 is divided into five forms: biography, book, table, aristocratic family and biography. A biography, mainly about princes. The author is Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty. Historical Records was written from 104 BC to 9 1 year BC. At first, it had no title. After Sima Qian finished this masterpiece, he showed it to Dong Fangshuo, a great scholar at that time. Dong Fangshuo appreciated it so much that he added the word "Tai Shigong" to his book. "Taishigong" is Sima Qian's official position, "Gong" is a good name, and "Taishigong" just shows whose works. Ban Gu's Records of Han Shu Literature and Art was changed to 130 Taishi Gong, and later generations simplified it into Taishi Gong, Taishi Gong Shu and Taishi Gong Zhuan. 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, a close friend, praised this masterpiece as "a masterpiece through the ages" (On the General Trend of the Changes of China's Academic Thoughts). Lu Xun praised it as "the historian's swan song, Li Sao has no rhyme" ("Outline of China Literature History")
the Book of the Han Dynasty
Han Shu, also known as Pre-Han Shu, was compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of 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 historical events 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) and ***230 years. Hanshu includes twelve chapters, eight tables, ten records, seventy biographies and one hundred * * *. Later generations are divided into 120 volumes and 800,000 words.
book of later han
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is called "Four Histories" 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.
History of Three Kingdoms
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 (280) of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, which is praised by later generations.