Brief introduction of ancient history books

After Sima Guang's Zi Tong Zhi Jian, scholars in Song Dynasty were interested in the study of ancient history, and many works influenced by Tong Jian were also produced. Among them, the first book is Su Zhe's Ancient History. As a contemporary of Sima Guang, it is impossible to judge whether he was influenced by Tong Jian. However, according to his genealogy, he wrote the preface in Song Huizong in the second year, so we can know that this book was written late. The number of times the other secretary wrote in Xuzhou was quite late. This book is an important supplement to Tong Jian. "Summary of Siku": "In all fairness, the history of Sima Qian is not comparable to Du Lizhi's poems, Wang Zhongzhi's books and Lu Gu's paintings. It is inevitable that I will order my books. "