2. Content: Historical Records emphasizes rendering details and portraying characters, which is somewhat novel; Zi Tong Zhi Jian is a book to warn the emperor, and it also emphasizes major events in history, such as major administrative actions and major exhortations. Therefore, "Historical Records" is a close-up of characters, and "Learning from the Same Experience" is an investigation report and an introduction of experience.
Historical Records is Sima Qian's personal literary creation, while Zi Tong Zhi Jian was compiled by a group of people headed by Sima Guang at the order of the emperor.
4. Historical Records was written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty, and Zi Tong Zhi Jian was written by Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty.
5. Recording time: Historical records include the Three Emperors and Five Emperors all the way to the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, while Zitongzhi Sword is from the Warring States to the Five Dynasties, and the time they intercepted is very different ~