Selected Historical Records (illustrated Edition)
by (western Han Dynasty) Sima Qian
About This Novel
"Historical Records", formerly known as "Tai Shi Gong Shu", is the first general history of our country. There are more than 500,000 words in total, recording about three thousand years of history from the Yellow Emperor to the second year of Yuanshou (122 BC) of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Liu Zhiji, a historian of the Tang Dynasty, divided historical works into two categories: "chronological style" and "biographical style" in his book "Shi Tong". "Historical Records" was the founder of the chronicle style. Since then, official histories of all dynasties have followed this system of "records" and "biography". According to Sima Qian's preface, the book has a total of 130 chapters, including 12 chronicles, 10 tables, 8 books, 30 family members, and 70 biographies (including "Taishigong's Preface").
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