If you want to read history books, you should read more authoritative versions. After all, history books are prone to corruption during the circulation process. I still recommend Zhonghua Book Company and Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House. Nowadays, many publishing houses like to add illustrations to classical masterpieces, but I personally think it is a boring thing. What's more, some publishing houses extract a few chapters (often incomplete) from complete ancient books, add annotations, illustrations, and vernacular translations, and the title of the book does not indicate that it is a selected translation, which is even more boring. Ancient books that are made gaudy always feel nondescript. Modern people annotate many books and cannot keep up with the seriousness and responsibility of the ancients. When buying books, especially highly academic books like history books, you must first pay attention to accuracy and conciseness. I think it is worth the higher price. Such books are worthy of permanent collection.