Style of Chinese history books and its representative works

1 Chronology : Historical events organized by chronological clues, such as Zuo Zhuan (左传).

2 Chronicle style : Reflecting historical events by recounting the activities of characters, such as the Records of the Grand Historian.

3 Chronicle of the end of the body: the main event as the main line, will be related to the topic material together. The first in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Shu. Such as Yuan Shu's "Tongjian Jishu Benmuan".

4 countries: the history of the country as a unit of separate narratives. Such as the "Strategies of the Warring States".

5 General History: an uninterrupted recounting of historical events from ancient times to the present day, such as the Records of the Grand Historian (史记).

6 Broken History: a record of the history of a certain period or dynasty, such as the Book of Han.

The above six styles are divided according to different criteria, in fact, the same history book according to different criteria can be categorized into different styles at the same time. For example, "Three Kingdoms" belongs to the chronicle style, country style, and interrupted history.

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