What was the original name of the Chronicles? What s in the book?

The author of the "Historical Records" is Sima Qian. The Records of the Historian is the first general history in Chinese history, written by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. The Records of the Historians had a profound impact on the development of historiography and literature in later generations.

The method of compiling history in the form of chronicles pioneered by him has been inherited by the "official history" of later dynasties.

Sima Qian, with his historical knowledge of "studying heaven and man, through the changes of the past and the present, and becoming the words of a family", created China's first general history in the form of historical records "Historical Records" (formerly known as "Taishi Gongshu"). Recognized as a model of Chinese history books, the book records the history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor period in ancient times to the first four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Impact:

The Records of the Historian is the first masterpiece of general history in the history of Chinese historiography that connects the ancient and the modern and covers hundreds of generations. It is precisely because the "Records of the Historians" can be written into a book from the past and the present, setting a precedent and setting an example, and imitating this genre to revise history one after another. The family style of general history has always influenced the research and writing of modern historiography.

Before the Western Han Dynasty, many books did not have titles.

The Historical Records was written from 104 BC to 91 BC, originally there was no title, Sima Qian after the completion of this huge work, had to the then scholar Dongfang Shuo, Dongfang Shuo after reading it admired Sima Qian's achievements very much, and added the word "Taishi Gong" to the book. "Taishi" is Sima Qian's official position, and "Gong" is a good title, which only shows whose work it is. When Ban Gu was composing the earliest book catalogue in China, "Hanshu Art and Literature Chronicles", he wrote "One Hundred and Thirty Chapters of Taishi Gong", which seems to be the name of Sima Qian's masterpiece when it was popular in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.

Where does the word "historical records" come from? It is omitted from the four words "Taishi Gongji". Some scholars of Sima Qian's contemporaries or descendants often think that the title of "One Hundred and Thirty Chapters of Taishi Gong" is too lengthy when citing this work, so they often omit the words "Taishi Gongji", "Taishi Gongshu" and "Taishi Gongbiography".

After the Wei and Jin dynasties, people abbreviated "Taishi Gongji" into the word "Historical Records" as the title of the book. Another theory is that the ancient emperors had historians, the left history records, and the right history records, like the "Book of Shang" only remembers, and the "Spring and Autumn Period" only remembers.

The book written by Sima Qian, which contains both words and events, includes all the accounts of the left and right historians, so it is called "Historical Records".

The author of the "Records of the Historians" was Sima Qian (145 BC or 135 BC cannot be examined), a long character who was born in Longmen (Xiayang, Western Han Dynasty, now Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province, and now Hejin City, Shanxi Province), a Han historian and essayist. The son of Sima Tan, Ren Taishi Ling, was known as Shi Qian, Tai Shi Gong, and the father of history by later generations.

In his early years, Sima Qian studied under Kong Anguo and Dong Zhongshu, roaming all over the world, understanding customs and collecting rumors. The first Langzhong was appointed to the southwest. At the age of twenty-eight, he served as Taishi Ling, inherited his father's business, and wrote history.

Later, he was punished by the palace for defending the defeat of Li Ling, transferred to Zhongshu Ling, and worked hard to continue to complete the historical books he wrote. He created China's first general history "Historical Records" (formerly known as "Taishi Gongshu"), which is recognized as a model of Chinese history books. The book records the history of more than 3,000 years from the period of the Yellow Emperor in ancient legends to the first four years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

It is a chronicle written by Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty.