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This manuscript starts from the current and ancient versions of the "Bamboo Book Annals" that have been circulated to this day, combs the dissemination process of the two versions, discusses the writing, original appearance and mutual relationship between the two, puts forward the view that the current version was formed in the Kaiyuan Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, and affirms the value of the current version in restoring the ancient version. Then the chronology of the Western Zhou, Shang, and Xia in the "Bamboo Chronicles" was deduced one by one, and the revised chronology of the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou Dynasties in the "Bamboo Chronicles" was compiled. At the same time, some conclusions about the results of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dating projects were questioned. In the appendix, there were special discussions on the interpretation of the Li Gui inscription, the astronomical records in Guoyu, and the bronze calendar.