Chinese history texts

official chronicle of the State of Lu covering the period from 722 BCE to 481 BCE

one of the Five Classics of ancient Chinese literature

ancient Chinese narrative history that is traditionally regarded as a commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals

twenty-four Chinese official historical books

Chinese historical record from 403 BC to 959 AD, published in 1084

ancient work of Chinese history preserved on bamboo slips

ancient Chinese text noting the events of the Chinese warring states period

ancient Chinese collection of speeches attributed to rulers and other men from the Spring and Autumn period

imperial annals of Ming dynasty emperors

thumb|Volume 14 of the Tongdian thumb|A page from volume 51 of Tongdian The Tongdian () is a Chinese institutional history and encyclopedia text. It covers a panoply of topics from high antiquity through the year 756, whereas a quarter of the book focuses on the Tang dynasty. The book was written by Du You from 766 to 801. It contains 200 volumes and about 1.7 million words, and is at times regarded as the most representative contemporary texts of the Tang dynasty. Du You also incorporated many materials from other sources, including a book written by his nephew, Du Huan, who was taken captive

5th century historical compilation by Liu Yiqing

commentary on Spring and Autumn Annals

1317 Chinese compendium by Ma Duanlin

non-fiction work by Cui Hong

Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals

12th century CHinese geographical treatise

Records of the Khitan Empire

chapter of Book of Documents

book by Huang Xianfan

thumb|page=252|A page from a Ming dynasty printed edition of Shitong thumb|page=518|Pages from a copy of Shitong located in the Shanghai Library The Shitong (; lit. "Generality of Historiography" or "All about Historiography"), also translated into English as A Thorough Exploration in Historiography, is one of the first Chinese-language works specifically about the theories of history and a detailed examination of historiography. It is deemed to be "the first comprehensive work on historical criticism in any language." The text was compiled by Liu Zhiji between 708 and 710 during the Tang dyna

10th century Chinese geographical treatise

History of the Ten Kingdoms

Institutional History of Tang

The Weilüe (; ') was a Chinese historical text written by Yu Huan between 239 and 265. Yu Huan was an official in the state of Cao Wei (220–265) during the Three Kingdoms period. Although not a formal historian, Yu Huan has been held in high regard among Chinese scholars. As per the texts, Roman (known to the Chinese as Daqin) travelers and traders of those times claimed that Roman elites were descendants of immigrants from ancient Chinese nobility and Parthian elites were descendants of ancient North Indian empires.

Chinese history book by Li Tao (1114–1183)

chronicle of the Song and Yuan dynasties in China (960–1370)

Chinese historical text of the end of the Han dynasty

book by Ma Huan

Chinese historical text

The Shiben or Book of Origins (Chinese: 世本; pinyin: shìběn; ) was an early Chinese encyclopedia which recorded imperial genealogies from the mythical Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors down to the late Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BCE), explanations of the origin of clan names, and records of legendary and historical Chinese inventors. It was written during the 2nd century BC at the time of the Han dynasty. The work was lost in the 10th century, but partially reconstructed from quotations during the Qing dynasty.

Chinese historical work written by Fei Xin

The Jingxingji (; literally "Record of Travels") was a now lost journey book written by Du Huan shortly after he returned to China in 762 from the Abbasid Caliphate. Only about 1,511 words are being preserved under the Tongdian. It recorded about thirteen main countries, and a separated book was later published by Wang Guowei under the title of Guxingji Jiaolu from this source. Other parallel quotes can also be found from the Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era, Taiping Huanyuji, Tongzhi and Tongkao.

book by Lu You

5th century text compiled by Pei Songzhi

work on the history of China by Zhu Xi, based on Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian

history book by Wang Cheng

book by Ma Ling

Chinese historiography book on the Five Dynasties period by Wang Pu