Who wrote historical records?

Historical Records is the first biographical general history of China written by Sima Qian, and it is also the first of the twenty-four histories. It records the history of China from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty for about 3,000 years.

Historical Records is a model of China's biographical literature. It is the unity of history and literature, literary history and historical literature.

Historical Records, History of Han Dynasty, History of Later Han Dynasty and History of the Three Kingdoms are collectively called "the first four histories".