Which history book did the Twenty-Four Histories begin with? Which history book ended?

Answer 1

"Twenty-four History" referred to the short form of China's twenty-four history books.

1 Records of the Historian (by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty)
2 Han Shu (by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty)
3 Records of the Three Kingdoms (by Chen Shou of the Eastern Han Dynasty)
4 Book of Jin (by Chen Shou of the Western Jin Dynasty)
5. History of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (History books written by various dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties)
6. Book of Sui (Written by Yang Jian of Sui Dynasty and Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong)
7 "History of the Tang Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms"(History written by Li Dong of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms)
8 Ten History of the Song Dynasty (History books written by Zhao Gou of the Northern Song Dynasty and Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty)
9 History of the Yuan Dynasty (History written by Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhang Shicheng, the leader of the uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty)
10 "Fifteen History of the Ming Dynasty"(History written by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty)
11 "Fifteen History of the Qing Dynasty"(History books written by Qianlong and Jiaqing of the Qing Dynasty)

Among them, Records of the Historian was the earliest history book and Fifteen History of the Ming Dynasty was the last of the Twenty-four History books.

As for the beginning of the Twenty-Four Histories, it was generally believed to be the Records of the Historian because it recorded the history from the Xia Dynasty to the Warring States Period and was the foundation of ancient Chinese historical documents. The ending of the Twenty-Four Histories was the Fifteen History of the Qing Dynasty because it recorded the history of the Qing Dynasty and was the most complete of the Twenty-Four Histories.