Twenty-four History: It is the general name of twenty-four famous historical books in China history. Including: Historical Records, History of Han, History of Later Han, History of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin, Book of Song, Book of Southern Qi, Liang Shu, Book of Chen, Book of Wei, Book of Northern Qi, Book of Zhou, Sui Shu and History of Southern China.
. Among them, Historical Records was compiled in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (1reigned from 40 to 87 years ago), and the Ming history was written in Qingganlong.
In the early years of (1736 ~ 1795), the whole compilation process lasted more than 1800 years. The chronicle of Twenty-four Histories began with the legendary Yellow Emperor and ended in the 17th year of the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644), which lasted more than 4,000 years, including several historical periods of clan commune system, slavery and feudalism in China history. . . . . . . . This is a real historical classic. Of course it belongs to the category of official history.
You can go to unofficial history if you are interested. Unofficial history mostly recorded some legends or books that were passed down orally by people at that time and edited by later generations, but such legends can't be found in the official history. For example, Water Margin, Three Kingdoms and Dream of Red Mansions. But the book A Dream of Red Mansions is difficult to read. I watched it eight or nine times in high school before I got a general idea.
Just eating a pot of names and their interpersonal relationships is enough, not to mention seeing the essence through phenomena and understanding the politics, economy, culture and society at that time. Reading A Dream of Red Mansions is actually a job that pays equal attention to both brain power and physical strength.
As for the history of the Qing Dynasty: Yongzheng Dynasty and Kangxi the Great are also good, giving a comprehensive introduction to the situation in the early Qing Dynasty.
The following two brothers said "Up and Down for 5,000 Years" is also good. And if you really want to see it, I hope you can see it for five thousand years. Because that book is more interesting, it will not be so boring to read. Not as good as the twenty-four history major (twenty-four history belongs to that kind of professional reading).