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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, Historical Records did not have a fixed title, or it was called Taishi Gong Shu, or Taishi Gong, and some of them were called Taishi Gong. Originally, Historical Records was the floorboard of ancient history books. Since the Three Kingdoms period, Historical Records has gradually become a special term for Taishi Gongshu from the general name of historical books.
Historical Records records the history of more than 3,000 years from the legend of the Yellow Emperor in ancient China to the first year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The book includes 12 biographies, 30 families, 70 biographies, ten tables and eight books, 130 * * *, and more than 526,500 words. The author Sima Qian said, "When studying heaven and man, we can learn from the changes of ancient and modern times and form our own family."
Historical Records had a far-reaching influence on the development of later historiography and literature. Its original biographical compilation method was passed down by the "official history" of later generations. At the same time, Historical Records, as an excellent literary work, occupies an important position in the history of China literature. Lu Xun called it "the historian's swan song, Li Sao has no rhyme."