What are the Chinese history books?

There are the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Historical Records, the Ziji Tongjian, the Records of the Three Kingdoms, and the Zuo Zhuan.

1, "Spring and Autumn Annals"

"Spring and Autumn Annals", that is, "Spring and Autumn Annals", also known as "Lin Jing" or "Lin Shi", one of the ancient Chinese Confucian canonical works, "Six Classics". It was also the state history of the state of Lu during the Zhou Dynasty, and the extant version was revised by Confucius.

The Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) is China's first chronicle of history, with thirty-five volumes, one of the Confucian classics and the longest of the thirteen sutras, and is listed as a sutra in the Siku Quanshu. It covers the period from 722 B.C. (the first year of Emperor Lu's reign) to 468 B.C. (the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Lu's reign)

2. The Historical Records

The Historical Records is a chronicle written by the Western Han historian Sima Qian, and it is the first chronicle of China's general history, which records more than 3,000 years of history, from the time of Emperor Huangdi (the legendary Huangdi) down to the four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (the fourth year of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty)

The Historical Records is the first chronicle of China's general history, which records more than 3,000 years of history.

In the first year of the Tai Chou era (104 BC), Sima Qian began work on the "Book of the Grand Historian," later to be known as the "Records of the Grand Historian" (史记). It took 14 years before and after to complete.

The entire book of the Records of the Grand Historian consists of twelve biographies (of the achievements of successive emperors and kings), thirty shijia (of the rise and fall of the vassals, lords, and nobles of the Han Dynasty), and seventy li biographies (of the deeds and deeds of important figures, mainly ministers, the last of which is a preface).

Ten tables (chronology of major events), eight books (record of various rules and regulations of rituals, music, music and rhythm, calendar, astronomy, fiefdoms, water conservancy, and finance), **** one hundred and thirty articles, more than 526,500 words.

3, "Ziji Tongjian"

"Ziji Tongjian" (often briefly as "Tongjian"), by the Northern Song Dynasty Sima Guang edited a multi-volume chronicle of history, *** 294 volumes, which took 19 years to complete.

The main time as an outline, events for the purpose of writing from the twenty-third year of King Wei Lie of the Zhou Dynasty (403 BC), to the Five Dynasties after the Zhou Dynasty Shizong Xiande six years (959 AD) conquest of the Huainan stop writing, covering the history of the 16 Dynasties 1362 years.

In this book, the editors summarized many lessons for the rulers to learn from, and Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty named it Ziji Tongjian (The Great Learning of Ruling) because he believed that the book was "useful for ruling in view of past events", i.e., it used history's successes and failures as a cautionary tale to strengthen the rule.

4, "Three Kingdoms Zhi"

"Three Kingdoms Zhi", one of the twenty-four histories, is by the Western Jin Dynasty historian Chen Shou, the record of China's Three Kingdoms period of Wei, Shu, Wu chronicle of the country's history, the twenty-four histories of the highest evaluation of one of the "first four histories.

At that time, Wei and Wu already had their own histories, such as the official Wang Shen's Wei Shu, the privately-written Yu Jin's Wei Liao, and the official Wei Zhao's Wu Shu, which were the basic materials on which Chen Shou based his work.

The state of Shu had no historian, so it collected its own material and obtained only fifteen volumes. The final book, however, had the factor of the historian's position, so the Record of the Three Kingdoms was a product of cultural reintegration after the end of the period of separation of the three kingdoms.

The Three Kingdoms Zhi was first circulated separately in three books: Wei Shu, Shu Shu, and Wu Shu, and it was not until the sixth year of Xianping in the Northern Song Dynasty (1003) that the three books were combined into one.

5, "Zuo Zhuan"

Chunqiu Zuo's Commentary (Zuo's Commentary), the original name of the "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals", the Han Dynasty, also known as the "Chunqiu Zuo's", "Chunqiu Nei Zhuan", the Han Dynasty, and later more known as "Zuo Zhuan".

The Zuo Zhuan (左传) is said to be a history book written by Zuo Qiu Ming (左丘明) of the state of Lu in the late Spring and Autumn Period (春秋), which is collectively known as "The Three Chuan of Spring and Autumn" (春秋三传). It is China's first chronicle with a detailed narrative, as well as an outstanding masterpiece of historical prose.

Thirty-five volumes, one of the Confucian classics and the longest of the thirteen sutras, are listed in the Siku Quanshu. It covers the period from 722 B.C. (the first year of the reign of Duke Yin of Lu) to 468 B.C. (the twenty-seventh year of the reign of Duke Ai of Lu).

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