史记 / Historical Records

《史记》是我国西汉著名史学家司马迁撰写的一部纪传体史书，是中国历史上第一部纪传体通史，被列为二十四史之首。原名《太史公记》。该书是中国古代最著名的古典典籍之一，记载了上自上古传说中的黄帝时代，下至汉武帝元狩元年间共3000多年的历史。与后来的《汉书》、《后汉书》、《三国志》合称“前四史”。
"Historical Records" is a biographical history book written by Sima Qian, a famous historian in the Western Han Dynasty. It is the first biographical general history in Chinese history and is listed as the first of the Twenty-Four Histories. The original name is "Tai Shi Gong Ji". This book is one of the most famous classical books in ancient China. It records a history of more than 3,000 years from the legendary Huangdi era to the first year of Yuanshou, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Together with the later "Hanshu", "Houhanshu" and "Three Kingdoms", it is called the "First Four Histories".