However, history is also divided into official history and unofficial history. The official history is generally the official history presided over by the imperial court, and unofficial history was written by folk literati according to their own experiences.
There has been an idiom "Official History unofficial history" since ancient times. Official is a kind of small official in ancient times. Collecting gossip and hearsay for the emperor and letting him know more about some local information can be regarded as a channel for the emperor to understand folk opinions.
Since there is official history, why does unofficial history still exist? Just like the news now. We have a news broadcast. Why are there so many newspapers and media companies? Their reason is actually the same. The compilation of official history often records some national events, all of which are major events, and the recording methods and words are relatively formal, which may be invisible to ordinary people.
Unofficial history, on the other hand, is a way for the lower classes to understand things. It is often recorded more interestingly and with more details. It's not necessarily true, but it's interesting and easy to attract people's attention. There is also a view that unofficial history is a novel, and that most of unofficial history's records are compiled by the author, which can be regarded as a novel for entertainment, but not as a basis.
In fact, unofficial history and the official history often take care of each other and complement each other, so as to better feel the real history. Unofficial history seems to satisfy people's curiosity about the truth.