A brief introduction to the twenty-four histories:
The Twenty-four History records the historical process of China from ancient times to the Ming Dynasty for thousands of years, and shows the rise and fall of dozens of dynasties. It is the most authoritative historical material for studying the history of China, and it is also the precious material for studying the history of countries around China. It is an encyclopedia of Chinese civilization.
Because of its extensive and profound contents, Twenty-four History is not only a must-read for historians, but also regarded by political forces, military strategists, thinkers, scientists and entrepreneurs as a treasure house for governing the country, strategizing and making innovations, and also regarded by people of insight as a way to cultivate one's morality and manage the family. Settle down and live as a mirror.
Content:
The twenty-four histories are Historical Records written by Sima Qian in the Han Dynasty, Han Shu written by Ban Gu in the Han Dynasty, The History of the Later Han Dynasty written by Liu Song, The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in the Jin Dynasty, The Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty, The Book of Songs written by Yue in the Southern Dynasty, The Book of Nanqi written by Zi Xian in the Southern Dynasty, Liang Shu and Chen Shu written by Tang Yao Silian.
The Book of Northern Qi edited by Li Baiyao in Tang Dynasty, Zhou Shu edited by Ling Hudefen in Tang Dynasty, Sui Shu edited by Tang Dynasty, Heather and Northern History edited by li yanshou in Tang Dynasty, Old Tang Book edited by Liu Yong in later Jin Dynasty, New Tang Book edited by Ouyang Xiu in Song Dynasty and History of the Old Five Dynasties edited by Xue in Song Dynasty.
Ouyang Xiu's History of the New Five Dynasties in Song Dynasty, Song History, Liao History and Jin History in Yuan Dynasty, Yuan History in Ming Dynasty by Song Lian and Ming History in Qing Dynasty by Zhang.
The formation and development of the concept of twenty-four histories;
The tradition of attaching importance to the revision of history in past dynasties;
From the Western Weekend to the Spring and Autumn Period, the vassal states began to consciously record history, forming a system of truthfully recording the monarch's words and deeds. During the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Tan and Sima Qian successively served as commanders-in-chief of the imperial army. Sima Qian wrote the first biographical historical record in the history of China with the ideal of "unifying the changes from ancient times to modern times".
After the publication of Historical Records, it had a great influence. In order to summarize the history of the Western Han Dynasty, Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote the first biographical chronicle "Hanshu" following the style of historical records.
From "three histories" to "twenty-four histories";
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, people put forward the concept of "three histories". "Three histories" originally referred to Historical Records, Hanshu and Han Ji in Dongguan, and later Hanshu gradually replaced Han Ji in Dongguan as one of the three histories. After the publication of the History of the Three Kingdoms, it was called "the first four histories" together with Historical Records, Hanshu and Houhanshu.
In Song Dynasty, the first four histories, Jin Shu, Song Shu, South Shu Qi, Liang Shu, Chen Shu, Shu Wei, North Shu Qi, Northern Zhou Shu, South History, North History, Sui Shu, New Tang Book and New Five Dynasties History were collectively called "Seventeen History".
In the Ming Dynasty, imperial academy added the history of Song Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty to the seventeenth history, which was called the "twenty-first history" or "supervised edition".