Which of the following is a chronological history book that studies the ancient history of China in traditional literature?

Zi Tongzhi Bamboo Slips is not only a traditional document to study the ancient history of China, but also a chronological history book.

Zi Tong Zhi Jian is a multi-volume chronological history book edited by Sima Guang, a historian of the Northern Song Dynasty, with a total of 294 volumes, which took 19 years to complete. It is mainly about time and events, which began in the 23rd year of Zhou Weilie (403 BC) and ended in the 6th year of Xiande, Zhou Shizong after the Five Dynasties (959 AD), covering the history of Sixteen Dynasties 1.362 years.

In this book, the editor summed up many experiences and lessons for the rulers to learn from. Song Shenzong thinks that this book is "in view of the past, it has the resources for governance", that is, to strengthen the rule by taking historical gains and losses as a warning, so it is named "Managing with Capital". Zi Tong Zhi Jian has 294 volumes, more than 3 million words and 30 volumes of textual research catalogue.

The content of Zi Tong Zhi Jian mainly focuses on political, military and ethnic relations, as well as the evaluation of economic, cultural and historical figures, with the aim of warning future generations through the description of the ruling class policies related to the rise and fall of the country and the rise and fall of the nation.

The origin of the title of Zi Tong Zhi Jian is that Song Shenzong thought that the book was endowed with the title of "In view of the past, it has the resources to govern Tao". It can be seen that the name of Zi Tong Zhi Jian is not only the conscious expression of historians' management of history, but also the conscious expression of feudal emperors' use of history to serve politics.