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How many books are there in Twenty-four History, and who wrote them respectively?

0 1 24 History refers to 24 biographical history books written successively from Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. The Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty was designated as the official history, namely Historical Records, Hanshu, History of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin, Book of Song, Book of Nanqi, Liang Shu, Book of Chen, Book of Wei, Book of Beiqi, Book of Zhou, Sui Shu and History of Nanqi. Because the writing style of Historical Records has been accepted as a formal historical writing technique in past dynasties, historical books written in biographical style like Historical Records are called "official history". Twenty-four histories are the general name of twenty-four historical books written by China in the past dynasties, with more than 3,000 volumes and nearly 40 million words. It mainly records the history of more than 4,000 years from the Yellow Emperor to the end of the Ming Dynasty, including rich historical materials in politics, economy, law, military affairs, astronomy, geography, academic culture and so on. Biographical history books represented by Twenty-four History occupy an extremely important position in the history of Chinese civilization. "Twenty-four History" crisscrossed and strung together in the form of biographies, tables and records, recording the historical overview of each dynasty; At the same time, based on the rise and fall of China dynasties, it reflects the complicated historical process of China, making China and the Chinese nation the only countries and nations in the world with a coherent and complete historical record of nearly 4,000 years. During the Three Kingdoms period, society has always called it "three histories". "Three History" usually refers to Historical Records, Hanshu and Dongjian Hanji written by Serina Liu in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After the appearance of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, it replaced the History of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was listed as one of the "three histories". Three History and History of the Three Kingdoms are collectively called "the first four histories". There is also the name of "Ten History" in history, which is a general term for the history books of the Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern Song Dynasty, Southern Qi Dynasty, Southern Liang Dynasty, Southern Chen Dynasty, Northern Wei Dynasty, Northern Qi Dynasty, Northern Zhou Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. Later, the History of the Thirteen Dynasties appeared. The History of Thirteen Dynasties includes Historical Records, Hanshu, Houhanshu and Ten History. In the Song Dynasty, on the basis of the "Thirteen History", the Southern History, the Northern History, the New Tang Book and the New Five Dynasties History were added, forming the "Seventeen History". In the Ming Dynasty, History of Song Dynasty, History of Liao Dynasty, History of Jin Dynasty and History of Yuan Dynasty were added, which were collectively called "Twenty-one History". In the early years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the History of Ming Dynasty was published, and together with the previous history, it was named Twenty-two History. Later, the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty was added as Twenty-three History. Later, the History of the Old Five Dynasties compiled from Yongle Dadian was also included in the official history, which was decided by Emperor Qianlong and collectively called the Twenty-four History of King James. The Twenty-four History of King James, which was carved in Wuying Hall from four to forty-nine years in Qianlong, is the most complete large-scale collection of China's ancient official history.