What is the writing style of ancient writings in Chinese history

Style refers to the format of writing; the organization of the article.

History books can be divided into chronicles, biographies, and chronicles of the end of the body; according to the organization of the length of the chronological span of the case, it is divided into the general history and the history of the interrupted generation; there is also a country as a unit of the history of the country as a unit of the country, so called the body of the country.

1. Chronology is a genre of traditional Chinese history books, which organizes relevant historical events by chronological clues. Chronological history books are centered on time and describe historical events in the order of years, months, and days.

Because it takes time as the warp and historical events as the woof, it is easier to reflect the connection of various historical events in the same period. For example: Spring and Autumn Annals, Zuo Zhuan, Ziji Tongjian, Bamboo Book Chronicles, Han Chronicles, Later Han Chronicles, Guogang.

2, biography, a form of history books in East Asia, for the character of the biography (biography of the emperor called "Ji", the general public called "Biography", special circumstances of the character called "Jieji"), record institutions, customs and traditions of the people.

3, the chronicle of the end of the body, refers to the historical events of the main style of history books. Chronicle of the end of the body is divided into two cases: one is "a book to prepare for all things of the end of the book", and "a book with a matter of the end of the book". Founded in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yuan Shu's "Tongjian Jishu Benmuan" belongs to the former. Important historical events are listed separately, independent of the chapter; each chapter is written in chronological order, can be supplemented by the year, the lack of biography.

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In several major genres, the chronicle appeared earlier, characterized by "the time of day to record personnel", which is probably related to the ancient knowledge of the calendar. Such as "Spring and Autumn", "Zuozhuan", "Bamboo Book Chronicle" and other books, or appeared in the late Spring and Autumn, or appeared in the Warring States period. Chronological history books are centered on time and chronicle historical events in the order of year, hour, month and day.

It takes time as the warp and historical events as the weft, and it is easier to reflect the connection between various historical events in the same period, which is its advantage. But the chronicle is not easy to focus on reflecting the same historical events before and after the connection, is not easy to write with the major historical events have a close relationship with the deeds of the characters, which is its shortcomings.

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