Historical Records is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in the history of China, recording the history of four years and more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty.

Historical Records had a far-reaching influence on the development of later historiography and literature. It is also regarded as an excellent literary work, which plays an important role in the history of China literature. It is praised by Lu Xun as "a historian's swan song, and it has high literary value."

2. Hanshu

Hanshu is the first biographical dynastic history in China, compiled by Ban Gu, a historian of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Hanshu has a prominent position in the history of China literature. It describes people from all walks of life in the spirit of "remembering", which is plain and vivid and can be called a model of biographical literature in later generations.

3. Han Ji

"Han Ji" is a historical book about the history of the Western Han Dynasty, with a chronological style of 30 volumes, written by Xun Yue in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty found Ban Gu's Hanshu difficult to understand, so he asked Xun Yue to copy Han Ji for his reference according to the chronological style of Zuo Zhuan. Although almost all the contents of Han Ji came from Han Shu, and there were few personal creations, it promoted the maturity and perfection of the chronological style of ancient history books.

4. Biography of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty

This book is a historical biography of Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty. With detailed historical materials and vivid brushwork, it vividly shows the legendary life of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. In this book, the historical achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in politics, economy, diplomacy and ethnic relations were evaluated. High academic value and readability.

5. The Book of Later Han Dynasty

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty is a biographical history book about the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was compiled by Ye Fan, a historian of the Southern Dynasties and the Song Dynasty.

The books of the later Han Dynasty are well-structured and orderly arranged. The progressiveness of the Book of the Later Han Dynasty is also reflected in the courage to expose dark politics, sympathize with and praise justice. On the one hand, it exposed the power of the fisherman, on the other hand, it praised the middle and lower classes who were strong and upright and not afraid of rape.