An introduction to the complete translation of twenty-four histories

The Complete Translation of Twenty-four Histories is a key book in the Tenth Five-Year Plan and a national translation of the Twenty-four Histories. The complete translation of the Twenty-four Histories began with 199 1 and was completed in 2003, which lasted thirteen years. Before and after the investment of 50 million yuan. More than 200 experts from Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Fudan University and other institutions of higher learning, and more than 200 senior editors, proofreaders and producers of ancient books have made great achievements after 13 years of struggle. The translation of the full text of 50 million words has been revised repeatedly, and the translation of each history book has been revised more than three times as a whole. Before publication, ancient Chinese and modern Chinese with a word size of 1 100 million were proofread 12 times. It can be described as painstaking.