Which is the first chronological general history of our country?

The first chronological general history of our country is: "Hanshu".

"Hanshu" created the historical style of "including one generation". "Hanshu" refers to the "Ben Ji" in "Historical Records" as "Ji", the "Biographies" as "Zhuan", and "Book" as "Zhi". . These changes were inherited by some later history books. ?

The era recorded in "Hanshu" overlaps with "Historical Records". The history of the Western Han Dynasty before the middle period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is recorded in both books. Extended information

The "Book of Han" mainly records the first year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC) from the Western Han Dynasty to the fourth year of Emperor Mangdi of the New Dynasty (23 AD) ***230 years of history. "Hanshu" includes twelve chapters of chronicles, eight chapters of chronicles, ten chapters of chronicles, seventy chapters of biography, and one hundred chapters of annals. Later generations divided it into 120 volumes, with a total of 800,000 words.

Since "Historical Records" only covers the Taichu period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many people wrote a sequel to it at that time. According to "Shi Tong Zhengyi", more than ten people wrote the sequel to "Historical Records", including Liu Xiang, Liu Xin, Feng Shang, Yang Xiong, etc. The title of the book is still called "Historical Records".

Ban Gu's father, Ban Biao (3rd AD to 54th AD), was very dissatisfied with these sequels, so he "adopted old stories and anecdotes" and wrote a "posthumous biography" for "Historical Records". Sixty-five articles." After Ban Biao's death, Ban Gu, who was only 22 years old, began to sort out his father's manuscripts, determined to inherit his father's legacy and complete this sequel to his masterpiece.

In terms of narrative, the characteristic of "Hanshu" is that it pays attention to the system and completeness of historical events, strives to have a beginning and an end to everything, and records clearly. This provides great convenience for us to understand and study the history of the Western Han Dynasty. To this day, anyone who studies the history of the Western Han Dynasty uses the "Book of Han" as the basic historical material.

In terms of genre, "Hanshu" and "Historical Records" are both biographical history books. The difference is that "Historical Records" begins with the legendary "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" and ends with the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and is a general history; while "Hanshu" is a dynastic history that specifically records the historical events of the Western Han Dynasty. This biographical chronological history genre was Ban Gu's creation. The "official history" of subsequent dynasties all adopted this style. This is Ban Gu's major contribution to our country's history.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Hanshu