Twenty-Four Histories

The Twenty-Four Histories is a collection of historical books covering a period of history from 2550 B.C. to the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century. It is often considered an authoritative source of traditional Chinese history and culture, and is used for research on literature, art, music, and other subjects.

Chart of twenty-four historical books 二十四史:

• 《史記》Records of Great Historian by Sima Qian 司馬遷
• 《漢書》Book of Han[?] by Ban Gu[?] 班固
• 《後漢書》Later Han Book[?] by Fan Ye[?] and Sima Biao[?] 范曄、司馬彪
• 《三國志》Annals of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou[?] 陳壽
• 《晉書》Book of Jin[?] by Fang Xuanling[?] 房玄齡
• 《宋書》Book of Song[?] by Shen Yue[?] 沈約
• 《南齊書》Book of Southern Qi[?] by Xiao Zixian[?] 蕭子顯
• 《梁書》Book of Liang[?] by Yao Silian[?] 姚思廉
• 《陳書》Book of Chen[?] by Yao Silian 姚思廉
• 《魏書》Book of Wei[?] by Wei Shou[?] 魏收
• 《北齊書》Book of Northern Qi[?] by Li Baiyao[?] 李百藥
• 《周書》Book of Zhou[?] by Ling Wudefen[?], etc 令狐德棻、等
• 《隋書》Book of Sui[?] by Wei Zheng[?], etc 魏徵、等
• 《南史》Annals of Southern dynasties[?] by Li Tingshou[?] 李延壽
• 《北史》Annals of Northern dynasties[?] by Li Tingshou 李延壽
• 《舊唐書》Old Book of Tang[?] by Shen Xu[?], etc 沈昫、等
• 《新唐書》New Book of Tang[?] by Ou Yangxiu[?] and Song Qi[?] 歐陽修、宋祁
• 《舊五代史》Old Annals of Five dynasties[?] by Xue Juzheng, etc 薛居正、等
• 《新五代史》New Annals of Five dynasties[?] by Ou Yangxiu 歐陽修
• 《宋史》Annals of Song[?] by Tuotuo[?], etc 脫脫、等
• 《遼史》Annals of Liao[?] by Tuotuo, etc 脫脫、等
• 《金史》Annals of Jin[?] by Tuotuo, etc 脫脫、等
• 《元史》Annals of Yuan[?] by Song Lian[?], etc 宋濂、等
• 《明史》Annals of Ming[?] by Zhang Tingyu[?] 張廷玉

See also: "History of China" for more information