Historical Records, History of Han, History of Later Han, History of the Three Kingdoms.

Historical Records, History of Han, History of Later Han and History of the Three Kingdoms are collectively called the first four books of the twenty-four histories. Historical Records is listed as the first of the twenty-four histories.

Among them, Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty wrote Historical Records, Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote Hanshu, Ye Fan in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote Houhanshu, and Chen Shou in the Western Jin Dynasty wrote The History of the Three Kingdoms.

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1. Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, recording the history of three years and three thousand years from Huangdi to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty.

The style of this book is the origin of biography, which is divided into twelve biographies, ten tables, eight books, thirty biographies and seventy biographies. Biography is the main body, so it is named biography.

2. Hanshu, also known as pre-Hanshu, is the first biographical dynastic history in China and one of the "Twenty-four History". It was compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and lasted for more than 20 years. It was basically completed at the initial stage of its construction, and was interpreted by Yan Shigu in the later Tang Dynasty.

The book 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.

3. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book that records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty compiled by Ye Fan, a historian of Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties. The book is divided into ten chapters, eighty biographies and eight records (continued by Sima Biao).

The book mainly describes the historical events from the first year of Jianwu (AD 25) of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the 25th year of Jian 'an of Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty (AD 220), *** 195.

4. The History of the Three Kingdoms, written by Chen Shou, a historian in the Western Jin Dynasty, records the biographical national history of Wei, Shu and Wu Ji in the Three Kingdoms period in China, and is one of the four largest in the twenty-four histories.

The History of the Three Kingdoms was first circulated as Wei Zhi, Shu Zhi and Wu Zhi respectively, and it was not until the sixth year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty (1003) that the three books were merged into one book.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Historical Records Baidu Encyclopedia-Han Shuhou Han Shu Baidu Encyclopedia-Three Kingdoms