However, the ones who picked them up were knowledgeable and the ones who chose them were the same, the organization was grand and the descriptions were of the same purpose and different tunes. It is b

However, the ones who picked them up were knowledgeable and the ones who chose them were the same, the organization was grand and the descriptions were of the same purpose and different tunes. It is by no means accidental that the two books are both called good histories. Notes:

①②③④The original text can be found in "Preface to Historical Records".

⑤ "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Ban Biao".

⑥"Book of Han. Biography of Sima Qian".

⑦ "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Cai Yong".

⑧ is the same as ⑥.

⑨"Han Shu. Xu Zhuan"

⑩Liu Xiangzhuo has "Bielu".

⑾⑿"General Records".

⒀"Chaoqi Pian" is quoted here according to the original annotation of "Shi Tong. Appraisal", which is slightly different from the text in the Tongxing version.

⒁"Super Strange Chapter".

⒂The original text can be found in "Book of Jin. Biography of Zhang Fu".

⒃The original text can be found in "Shi Tong. Miscellaneous Comments".

⒄⒅"Shi Tong. Six Families".

⒆ Same as `⑾⑿.

⒇ "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Ban Gu's Biography".

(21) "Preface to Lin's Commentary on Hanshu"

(22) Part 2 of "General Meanings of Literature, History and Poetry".

(23) "Shi Tong. Book Matters". [Reference material] Zheng Hesheng's "Research on History and Han Dynasty". "Chronology of Sima Qian". "Ban Gu Chronicle".