Sima Qian's "Report to Ren Shaoqing" "Entrusted with the words of incompetence, he collects the world to prevent the loss of old news, briefly examines its events, summarizes its end and beginning, and records its successes and failures┄I also want to study the relationship between heaven and man. The situation, through the changes of ancient and modern times, became the words of a family."

Fan Ye's "Books from Nephews and Nephews in Prison" "establishes biographies for those with outstanding talents"; "corrects the gains and losses of one generation"; "it is appropriate for later generations to learn, this is not the best, so I will continue to describe it" Chen Shou "has many words of advice" "It clearly explains the gains and losses, and is beneficial to the moral character" (Jin Fan's Commentary on "Three Kingdoms") Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" "The deletions are long and lengthy, and the secrets are summarized, focusing on the rise and fall of the country, many people's livelihoods are at stake, good things can be done as laws, and bad things can be done "As a warning" "Learn from the rise and fall of the past life, and examine the gains and losses of the present" Zhang Xuecheng's "General Discussion on Literature and History" "One word can be used, but ten thousand words will be useless" "History can clarify the way"