What does it mean to learn four histories?

Learning the Four Histories refers to Historical Records, History of Han Dynasty, History of Later Han Dynasty and History of the Three Kingdoms.

1, Historical Records records the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty. His original biographical method of compiling history was passed down by the official history of later generations, which had a far-reaching impact on the development of later historiography and literature.

2. Hanshu, also known as Pre-Hanshu, is the first biographical chronology of China compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, and it is also one of the twenty-four histories.

3. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book compiled by Ye Fan, a historian of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is divided into ten chapters, eighty biographies and eight records, mainly describing the historical events of the Eastern Han Dynasty from 65438 to 095.

4. The History of the Three Kingdoms is a biographical national history written by Chen Shou, a historian in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it is one of the four most highly appraised histories in the twenty-four histories. The History of the Three Kingdoms is the product of cultural reorganization after the split of the Three Kingdoms. It records the history of Wei, Shu and Wu in the Three Kingdoms period, and is the most special one in the twenty-five histories.

The historical influence of Four History;

1, the historical influence of historical records

Historical Records is the first general history masterpiece in the history of Chinese historiography. It is precisely because Historical Records can integrate the past and the present into a book, set a precedent and set an example, and modify history one by one according to this genre. The style of general historians has always influenced the research and writing of modern historiography.

2. The historical influence of Hanshu.

Hanshu initiated the narrative method of dynastic history, and its style was followed by later generations. Since Qin and Han dynasties, it has been a monarchy. People in this dynasty often dare not directly comment on the politics of this dynasty, and there are many taboos. The dynastic history conforms to the author's psychology, because the previous dynasty has died, and it is easier to comment on the politics of the previous dynasty. Therefore, since the publication of Hanshu, the official history of all dynasties has been based on dating.

3. The historical influence of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty has become an immortal historical masterpiece due to its great success in compilation. Biography is a comprehensive genre. Ye Fan made a detailed overall plan for this book, and carefully deleted the historical facts. The historical facts described in the book are well avoided, taking care of each other without repeating complexity, showing superb historical skills.

4. Historical influence of the Three Kingdoms.

The History of the Three Kingdoms is mainly good at narration, concise writing and proper tailoring, which was well received at that time. Later generations are even more admired, thinking that among some historical books recording the history of the Three Kingdoms, Chen Shou's unique History of the Three Kingdoms can be comparable to Historical Records and Hanshu. Therefore, the chronicles of the Three Kingdoms of other schools have been lost in obscurity one after another, and only the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms has survived to this day.