Historical Records is a historical work by Sima Qian, a historian in the Western Han Dynasty. Historical Records is one of the most famous classic works in ancient China, and it is also called "the first four histories" with the later Hanshu, Houhanshu and the History of the Three Kingdoms.
At first, there was no fixed title for historical records, or "Taishi Office" or "Taishi Gong", etc., and it was also called "Taishi Gong" in the province. Historical Records was originally the general name of ancient history books. Since the Three Kingdoms period, Historical Records has gradually become the proper name of "Taishi Gongshu" from the general name of historical books.
Historical Records records the history of more than 3,000 years from the time of the Yellow Emperor in the ancient legend of China to the first year of founding ceremony, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The book includes twelve biographies, thirty families, seventy biographies, ten tables, eight books, 130 articles and more than 526,500 words. Sima Qian, the author, made Historical Records the first and most famous biographical general history of China with his historical knowledge of "studying the relationship between man and nature, connecting the changes from ancient times to modern times, and making a family statement".
State monopoly:
Chronological history books recording important historical facts of the Ming Dynasty. Tan Qian wrote it. Tan Qian is good at history. In view of the fact that the historical records of the Ming Dynasty have been broken by historians, Qubi has been sued, and most of them are secretive and inaccurate, and various chronicles are also rough and untrue. They tried to find all kinds of information, solicited information extensively, and made every effort to collect information. The first year of the apocalypse (162 1) was compiled, and the first draft was completed in six years. In the fourth year of Shunzhi (1647), the whole book was stolen and rewritten angrily, which lasted for more than 30 years and was compiled into a book "National Deficiency". The secretary described the history of 3 17 years, from the birth of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first year of Yuan Wenzong (1328), to the Qing army's entry into Nanjing in May of Shunzhi's second year, and the demise of the Axe King regime. Important historical facts of Ming Dynasty that are not mentioned in Shi Minglu: Some important events are often followed by comments from individuals and scholars. After careful textual research on its historical facts, the materials have considerable reliability or reference value. The history of more than 70 years after Wanli, the record of the development of Jurchen in Jianzhou, and the relationship between the late Jin Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are particularly rare in his books. The 17-year historical facts of Chongzhen, which are compiled and supplemented by the treasures of the base areas, local chronicles and the oral materials of the officials' adherents, also have important historical value. However, some descriptions in the book are too brief, and some events are repeated before and after, with different opinions. In addition, superstitious ideas such as feudal orthodox historical view, Confucian theory of destiny, Buddhism and Taoism are also strongly reflected in the book. The manuscript of Guoque weighs 100 volumes, and only the manuscript has survived since Tan Qian's death. After that, it was collected in Haining, Zhejiang Province according to the manuscript of Jiang Yan Fen Caotang and the manuscript of Siming Lushi Bao Tang, and the ten volumes of Chongzhen were proofread and punctuated, with a total of 104 volumes and a total of four volumes at the beginning, * * 108 volumes. 1958 is published in six volumes by Ancient Books Publishing House.