The versions of "Historical Records" can be roughly divided into four series. [1]
The first series: ten lines of Song Dynasty engraved edition.
Second series: There are about 4 types, including the Hangzhou fourteen-line edition in the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty; the Jianyang edition in the Xiaozong period of the Southern Song Dynasty; the twelve-line edition published by Zhu Zhongfeng in the 10th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty; Huainan East Road Transfer Envoy Si carved a nine-line version.
The third series: Annotated editions by the two families of Jie Suoyin and Jie Suoyin. There are currently two types, one is the edition engraved by Zhang Yao in the second year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the other is the edition engraved by Zhang Yao in the eighth year of Chunxi in the Southern Song Dynasty. [1]
Fourth series: The earliest extant one is the annotated version of Cai Mengbi carved by two families in the seventh year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty. After that, it was divided into two branches.
The first branch is: the three annotated editions of Jianyang Huang Shanfu in the second year of Qingyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan Peng Yinweng edition, the Ming Liao Kai edition, the Ming Ke Weixiong edition, the Ming Wang Yanzhe edition, the Ming Qin Fan edition, the Qing edition During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Chongwen Bookstore engraved Wang Yanzhe's edition, and during the Qing Dynasty's Tongzhi period, the Jinling Bookstore engraved the Zhang Wenhu edition.
The second branch is more complicated. The beginning of this branch is the Mongolian Zhongtong edition in the second year. The Zhongtong edition includes the Ming You Ming edition, the Ming Jian Yang Shen Du Zhai edition, the Ming Jian Ning official edition and Engraved during the Dade period of the Yuan Dynasty. From the Dade edition, there are the Ming Dynasty Nanjing Imperial College engraving edition and the Beijing Imperial Academy engraving edition. The engraving of Wuying Palace in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty came from the Beijian edition.
In addition, there is also a series of seventeen historical editions of Jiguge in the late Ming Dynasty. This edition is a single collection of interpretation editions. It is said to be from the Song Dynasty, but the specific edition is unknown. The edition based on this edition was reprinted by Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty. During this period, the Five Bureaus jointly engraved the Twenty-Four Histories (engraved by Jinling Book Company).