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Historical Records is the first biographical general history of China written by Sima Qian. It records the history of more than 13,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the first year of the founding of Emperor Wudi of Han Dynasty.

Historical Records, formerly known as Taishigong or Taishigong Gong Ji and Taishigong Historical Records, is a biographical historical 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 four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty.

In the first year of Taichu (BC 104), Sima Qian began to create Taishi Gongshu, later called Shiji. This book was used for 14 years before and after completion. Historical Records has a huge scale and a complete system, which has a far-reaching influence on the biographical history books that followed, and the official history of all dynasties was written in this genre. At the same time, the vividness of words and narration in the book is also the highest achievement.