The general history mainly includes Historical Records written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty and General Records written by Zheng Qiao in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The dynastic history includes Han Shu written by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, The Book of the Later Han Dynasty written by Ye Fan in the Song Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in the Western Jin Dynasty, Jin Shu written by Fang in the Tang Dynasty, Song Shu written by Shen Yue in the Liang Dynasty, Shu Qi written by Xiao Zixian in the Liang Dynasty, Liang Shu and Chen Shu written by Yao Silian in the Tang Dynasty and Wei Shu written by Wei Shou in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Liu Shao's Book of the Old Tang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty, Song Qi's Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Xue's History of the Old Five Dynasties in the Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu's History of the New Five Dynasties in the Song Dynasty, Tuoketuo's History of the Song Dynasty, Liao History and Jin History in the Yuan Dynasty, Song Lian's History of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhang's History of the Ming Dynasty. In the twenty-five histories, except historical records, the rest are dynastic histories.
History of political affairs, such as Zi Tongzhi Jian written by Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zi Tongzhi Jian written by Li Dao in the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Xinchuan's Chronicle Since the Suggestion, Jian Kang Lu written by Tang Dynasty and Xu Zijian written by Bi Yuan in the Qing Dynasty.
The institutional history is devoted to the detailed records of cultural relics in past dynasties, such as Du You in Tang Dynasty, A General Examination of Documents by Ma Duanlin in Song Dynasty, Tang Yaohui and the Five Dynasties Meeting by wang pu in Song Dynasty, Western Han Meeting and Eastern Han Meeting by Xu Tianlin in the last years of Southern Song Dynasty, Song History by Li You in Song Dynasty and Miscellanies of the ruling and opposition since the establishment of Yan Dynasty by Li Xinchuan in Song Dynasty.
People who specialize in criminal law legal system, such as, Tang Xuanzong, Liu Dian, Li, etc. On Tang Law and Dou Yi, etc. The Daming Law in the Northern Song Dynasty, such as Li Shanchang's Liu Ji, is directly interpreted. For example, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Santai and others compiled the Laws of the Qing Dynasty, the Laws of Mongolia in Manchu Archives in Shengjing, the Cases of Fan Yi in Xining and Qinghai, and the Regulations on the Return of Qin to Xinjiang.
The earliest local chronicles, which mainly recorded regions, customs and products, was The Story of Building and Land written by Wu Guqi in the Three Kingdoms Period. According to "Sui Zhi? History Department Geography records, followed by Zhou Tu, Jizhou Tu, qi zhou Tu, Youzhou Tu and so on. Records of customs include Biography of Customs in Chenliu and Customs in the Great Northern Wilderness. Records of Mountains and Rivers include Hengshan Ji and You. Records of local architects include Sanfu Huang Tu and Luoyang Palace Books. There are records of temples in Galand in Luoyang and Jingshe in Huashan. During the great cause of Sui Dynasty, Shangshu Province compiled Local Records of Counties, Local Records of Counties and County Maps, which was the first in compiling local chronicles and county maps in China. Then came the Yuan and County System compiled by Li Jifu in the Tang Dynasty, the Records of Yuanfeng Nine Domains compiled by Cun Wang, Zeng Zhao and Li Dechu in the Song Dynasty, the Records of Taiping Universe compiled by Shi Yue, the Records of Dayuan Unification compiled by Zamalading and Yu Yinglong in the early Yuan Dynasty, the Records of Daming Unification rebuilt by Li Xian in Ming Yingzong and the Records of Daqing in Kangxi. Private compilers of national regional maps include Zhu Mu's Yu Fang Range Rover in Song Dynasty and Gu Zuyu's Yu Fang Minutes of Reading History in Qing Dynasty. The privately compiled local chronicles include Huayang Guozhi, Zhu Changjiu's Wu Jun Tu, Liang Kejia's Sanshan Zhi, Fan Chengda's Wu Jun Zhi, Luo Yuan's Xin 'an Zhi, Sun's Zhi, Chen Qiqing's Chi Cheng Zhi and Chang Tang Zhi. Mo Youzhi's Annals of Zunyi, Hong's Annals of Jingxian, Chunhua and Changwu, Wuyi's Annals of Yanshi and Anyang, Duan Yucai's Annals of Fushun, Chao Yi's Annals of Fengtai, etc.
The History Department also includes a large number of scholars' collections, indexes, textual research and supplementary notes on the above-mentioned historical books, such as Pei Zhi's Collection of Historical Records of the Song Dynasty, Sima Zhen's Index of Historical Records of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Tang's Justice of Keeping Holidays in Historical Records, Shu Zheng of Hanshu in Qing Dynasty, Query on the Geography of Hanshu in Qing Dynasty, and supplementary notes of Vae's Biography of Hanshu in the Western Regions in Qing Dynasty.