Official History

Japanese: 正史 - せいし
Official History
Of all the historical books of China throughout history, this is written in the form of annals and is recognized as the most authentic. It is the opposite of chronological histories, miscellaneous histories, and trivial histories. From the Tang dynasty onwards, the official histories of previous dynasties were compiled by imperial decree. To date, there are 25 histories. There were 17 histories in the Song dynasty, 21 in the Ming dynasty, and 24 in the Qing dynasty, and the Republic of China added the New Yuan History, bringing the total to 25. In addition, there is a Draft History of the Qing dynasty, which is not listed among the official histories. Currently, the People's Republic of China is working on compiling the history of the Qing dynasty as a national project. Below is a list of the official histories of the past dynasties. 1. Records of the Grand Historian (130 volumes, Western Han Dynasty, compiled by Sima Qian, same below), 2. Book of Han (100 volumes, Later Han Dynasty, Ban Gu), 3. Book of the Later Han (120 volumes, Song Dynasty, Fan Ye), 4. Records of the Three Kingdoms (65 volumes, Jin Dynasty, Chen Shou), these are known as the Former Four Histories. 5. Book of Jin (130 volumes, Tang, Fang Xuanling, etc.), 6. Book of Song (100 volumes, Liang, Shen Yue), 7. Book of Southern Qi (59 volumes, Liang, Xiao Zixian), 8. Book of Liang (56 volumes, Tang, Yao Silian), 9. Book of Chen (36 volumes, Tang, Yao Silian), 10. Book of Wei (130 volumes, Northern Qi, Wei Shou), 11. Book of Northern Qi (50 volumes, Tang, Li Baiyao), 12. Book of Zhou (50 volumes, Tang, Linghu De), 13 1. Book of Sui (85 volumes, Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng), 14. History of the South (80 volumes, Tang Dynasty, Li Yanshou), 15. History of the North (100 volumes, Tang Dynasty, Li Yanshou), 16. Book of the Old Tang (200 volumes, Later Jin Dynasty, Liu Ku, etc.), 17. New Book of Tang (225 volumes, Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, etc.), 18. Old History of the Five Dynasties (150 volumes, Song Dynasty, Xue Juzheng), 19. New History of the Five Dynasties (75 volumes, Song Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu). The above, excluding 16 and 18, are collectively known as the Seventeen Histories. 20. History of the Song Dynasty (496 volumes, Yuan, Tutuo, etc.), 21. History of the Liao Dynasty (116 volumes, Yuan, Tutuo, etc.), 22. History of the Jin Dynasty (135 volumes, Yuan, Tutuo, etc.), 23. History of the Yuan Dynasty (210 volumes, Ming, Song Lian, etc.). The above are called the Twenty-One Histories, excluding volumes 16 and 18. 24. History of the Ming Dynasty (332 volumes, Qing, Zhang Tingyu, etc.). The above are called the Twenty-Four Histories. 25. New Yuan History (257 volumes, Republic of China, Ke Shao (Bin)).
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中国歴代の歴史書のうち,紀伝体で記され,もっとも正統と認められたもの。編年史,雑史,稗史(はいし)に対する。唐朝から後は勅命によって前王朝の正史を編修。現在まで25史がある。宋代には十七史,明代に二十一史,清代に二十四史となり,中華民国には《新元史》を加え二十五史となった。ほかに,正史に列せられない〈清史稿〉がある。現在,中華人民共和国で国家プロジェクトとして清史編纂事業が進められている。次に歴代正史を列挙する。1.《史記》(130巻,前漢,司馬遷の撰,以下同じ),2.《漢書》(100巻,後漢,班固),3.《後漢書》(120巻,宋,范曄(はんよう)),4.《三国志》(65巻,晋,陳寿),以上を〈前四史〉という。5.《晋書》(130巻,唐,房玄齢等),6.《宋書》(100巻,梁,沈約),7.《南斉書》(59巻,梁,蕭子顕),8.《梁書》(56巻,唐,姚思廉(ようしれん)),9.《陳書》(36巻,唐,姚思廉),10.《魏書》(130巻,北斉,魏収),11.《北斉書》(50巻,唐,李百薬),12.《周書》(50巻,唐,令狐徳【ふん】(れいことくふん)),13.《隋書》(85巻,唐,魏徴),14.《南史》(80巻,唐,李延寿),15.《北史》(100巻,唐,李延寿),16.《旧唐書》(200巻,後晋,劉【く】(りゅうく)等),17.《新唐書》(225巻,宋,欧陽修等),18.《旧五代史》(150巻,宋,薛(せつ)居正),19.《新五代史》(75巻,宋,欧陽修),以上,16,18を除いて〈十七史〉という。20.《宋史》(496巻,元,脱脱等),21.《遼史》(116巻,元,脱脱等),22.《金史》(135巻,元,脱脱等),23.《元史》(210巻,明,宋濂等),以上,16,18を除いて〈二十一史〉という。24.《明史》(332巻,清,張廷玉等),以上を〈二十四史〉という。25.《新元史》(257巻,民国,柯劭【びん】(かしょうびん))。
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