Historical Records

"Historical Records", one of the Twenty-Four Histories, was originally called "Tai Shi Gong Shu" or "Tai Shi Gong Ji" or "Tai Shi Ji". It is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history. The work writes a history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor era to the fourth year of Emperor Taichu of Han Dynasty.