New Yuan History

"New History of the Yuan Dynasty" was written by Ke Shaobin at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. He used the "History of the Yuan Dynasty" as the basis, considered the profits and losses, and re-edited it. It took him thirty years to complete. "History of the New Yuan Dynasty" was written in 1920. The following year, Xu Shichang, President of the Beiyang Government, ordered "History of the New Yuan Dynasty" to be included in the official history, and it was published in 1922. In this way, the "Twenty-Four Histories", the official history books recognized by the central government, became the "Twenty-Five Histories". The book has a total of 257 volumes, including 26 volumes of chronicles, 7 volumes of tables, 70 volumes of chronicles, and 154 volumes of biographies.