What are the main types of traditional Chinese history books?

The main types of traditional Chinese history books are: chronicle style, chronicle style, chronicle style and country style.

Chronology: The chronicle style of history was founded in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" of the Western Han Dynasty, which centered on biographies of people, and used "Benji" to recount emperors; "Shijia" to recount princes, vassals, feudal lords, and special characters; and "Table" to unify the chronology, lineage, and history. The "Table" was used to collect the chronology, lineage and characters; the "Book" or "Zhi" was used to record the rules and regulations; and the "Lianzhuan" was used to record the characters, nationalities and foreign countries. The revision of history through the ages has taken this as a model. Another example is the Book of Han. There are some individual histories that do not have a book or journal, such as the Records of the Three Kingdoms

Chronology: Chronicles are written in the order of years, months, and days, with years and months as the warp and facts as the woof, which makes it easier to reflect the connection of various historical events in the same period. The way of recording history in the form of chronicles first originated in China. For example, Zuo Zhuan and Ziji Tongjian belong to this category. The Spring and Autumn Annals is one of the earliest surviving chronicles in China.

Chronology: It was founded in the Southern Song Dynasty by Yuan Shu's Tongjian Jiyi Benmian (通鉴纪事本末). This genre is characterized by historical events as an outline, the important historical events are listed separately, independent of the chapter, each chapter is written according to the order of the year, month, day. Existing nine chronicle of the end of the body of ancient books.

Country-specific: country-specific history books were founded in the "national language". Country-based history book is a part of the country to record the historical prose. The history of many countries. Such as the "Strategies of the Warring States" belong to this category.

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History is the foundation of a nation's peace of mind

Studying history enables us to better understand where the Chinese nation came from and where it is going. Marx said that we know only one sole science - historiography.

China is the only country in the world with an uninterrupted historical record of several thousand years. The vast historical texts record the various knowledge, experience and wisdom accumulated by the Chinese people in creating history. History is the root of reality, and any country's today comes from yesterday; only by understanding her yesterday can we know where she came from and where she is going.

The study of history can provide useful insights for the governance of the country.

History is the book of the practice and wisdom of previous generations. Chinese history is the history of the Chinese people, the Chinese nation's unremitting entrepreneurship and development history, contains a very rich experience of governance, contains a lot of the country, society, the nation and personal success and failure, rise and fall, safety and danger, right and wrong, honor and shame, righteousness and profit, honesty and greed, etc. thinking.

Today's China has evolved from yesterday, and many of the things we encounter today can be found in history. Only by seriously studying and summarizing Chinese history can we make full use of the great wisdom accumulated by the Chinese nation for more than 5,000 years to solve the problems and challenges encountered on the way forward.

Study of history can strengthen the backbone and the bottom line of being Chinese. Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation requires that the Chinese people have backbone and courage. As the only ancient civilization in the world with an unbroken record of history, the history of civilization for more than 5,000 years is the spiritual source of the Chinese people's backbone and backbone.

The excellent culture and glorious history of the Chinese nation is the root and soul of the Chinese nation, and is the endogenous force that keeps the Chinese nation alive and passes it on from one generation to the next.

To realize the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, we need to learn about the history of our nation and our country, pass on the achievements and glory of our ancestors, and strengthen the backbone and spirit of being Chinese, so as to make our excellent culture and glorious history serve the great cause of national rejuvenation better.

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