二十四史 The Twenty-Four Histories

The Twenty-Four Histories (二十四史) are the official Chinese dynastic histories compiled from the Han dynasty through the Qing. Together they form the most comprehensive record of Chinese imperial history.

#	Chinese	English Title	Author	Period Covered	Completed
1	史记 (史記)	Records of the Grand Historian	司马迁 Sima Qian	Antiquity–91 BCE	c. 91 BCE
2	汉书 (漢書)	Book of Han	班固 Ban Gu	Western Han (206 BCE–8 CE)	111 CE
3	后汉书 (後漢書)	Book of the Later Han	范晔 Fan Ye	Eastern Han (25–220 CE)	445
4	三国志 (三國志)	Records of the Three Kingdoms	陈寿 Chen Shou	Three Kingdoms (220–280 CE)	c. 285
5	晋书 (晉書)	Book of Jin	房玄龄 等 Fang Xuanling et al.	Jin (265–420 CE)	648
6	宋书 (宋書)	Book of Song	沈约 Shen Yue	Liu Song (420–479 CE)	488
7	南齐书 (南齊書)	Book of Southern Qi	萧子显 Xiao Zixian	Southern Qi (479–502 CE)	537
8	梁书 (梁書)	Book of Liang	姚思廉 Yao Silian	Liang (502–557 CE)	636
9	陈书 (陳書)	Book of Chen	姚思廉 Yao Silian	Chen (557–589 CE)	636
10	魏书 (魏書)	Book of Wei	魏收 Wei Shou	Northern Wei (386–534 CE)	554
11	北齐书 (北齊書)	Book of Northern Qi	李百药 Li Baiyao	Northern Qi (550–577 CE)	636
12	周书 (周書)	Book of Zhou	令狐德棻 等 Linghu Defen et al.	Northern Zhou (557–581 CE)	636
13	隋书 (隋書)	Book of Sui	魏征 等 Wei Zheng et al.	Sui (581–618 CE)	636
14	南史	History of the South	李延寿 Li Yanshou	Southern Dynasties (420–589 CE)	659
15	北史	History of the North	李延寿 Li Yanshou	Northern Dynasties (386–618 CE)	659
16	旧唐书 (舊唐書)	Old Book of Tang	刘昫 等 Liu Xu et al.	Tang (618–907)	945
17	新唐书 (新唐書)	New Book of Tang	欧阳修 等 Ouyang Xiu et al.	Tang (618–907)	1060
18	旧五代史 (舊五代史)	Old History of the Five Dynasties	薛居正 等 Xue Juzheng et al.	Five Dynasties (907–960)	974
19	新五代史	New History of the Five Dynasties	欧阳修 Ouyang Xiu	Five Dynasties (907–960)	1053
20	宋史	History of Song	脱脱 等 Toqto'a et al.	Song (960–1279)	1345
21	辽史 (遼史)	History of Liao	脱脱 等 Toqto'a et al.	Liao (916–1125)	1344
22	金史	History of Jin	脱脱 等 Toqto'a et al.	Jin (1115–1234)	1345
23	元史	History of Yuan	宋濂 等 Song Lian et al.	Yuan (1271–1368)	1370
24	明史	History of Ming	张廷玉 等 Zhang Tingyu et al.	Ming (1368–1644)	1739