Twenty-Four Histories

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The Twenty-Four Histories are the authoritative collection of traditional Chinese official dynastic histories, covering Chinese history from legendary times through the Ming dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese dynastic histories
collection of historical works
canonicalStatus standard histories
compiledUnder various Chinese dynasties
country China
coversPeriodEnd Ming dynasty NERFINISHED
coversPeriodStart legendary Yellow Emperor era
describedAs orthodox histories
follows Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED
genre official history
hasApproximateTotalVolumeCount over 3000 juan
hasPart annals
biographies
tables
treatises
includes Book of Chen NERFINISHED
Book of Han NERFINISHED
Book of Jin NERFINISHED
Book of Jin (Liu Song) NERFINISHED
Book of Later Han NERFINISHED
Book of Liang NERFINISHED
Book of Song NERFINISHED
Book of Southern Qi NERFINISHED
Book of Sui NERFINISHED
Book of Tang NERFINISHED
Book of Wei NERFINISHED
History of Jin NERFINISHED
History of Liao NERFINISHED
History of Ming NERFINISHED
History of Song NERFINISHED
History of Yuan NERFINISHED
History of the Northern Dynasties NERFINISHED
New Book of Tang NERFINISHED
New History of the Five Dynasties NERFINISHED
Old History of the Five Dynasties NERFINISHED
Records of the Grand Historian NERFINISHED
Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
influenced East Asian historiography
Japanese historiography
Korean historiography
Vietnamese historiography
language Classical Chinese
mediaType text
numberOfWorks 24
subject Chinese history
traditionallyCompiledBy court historians
usedAs authoritative historical source
usedIn imperial civil service examinations
writingSystem Chinese characters

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Records of the Three Kingdoms includedIn Twenty-Four Histories