There were many ancient Chinese history books. The following are some of the famous history books: "Records of the Historian"(Sima Qian): It was the first general history of ancient China that recorded the history of China from the Xia Dynasty to the Western Han Dynasty. Han Shu (Ban Gu): It was the second general history of ancient China, which recorded the history of China from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty. [3. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Chen Shou): It is the third general history of ancient China. It records the history of China from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Western Jin Dynasty.] <strong> Zi Zhi Tong Jian </strong>(Sima Guang): It was the first general chronicle of ancient China that recorded the history of China from the Xia Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. 5 "Records of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty"(Sun Simiao): It is the fourth general history of ancient China. It records China from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty.