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history / CL: 門|门,
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to look back at history
History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 496 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书)
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history / annals / title of an official historian in ancient China
history of the Party
provincial governor (old)
a brief history
imperial censor (formal title of a dynastic official)
narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
romantic history; romantic past
romance (loanword) / love affair
annals / chronicle
unofficial history / history as popular legends
national history / dynastic history
literature and history
the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
History of the Ming Dynasty, twenty fourth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhang Tingyu 張廷玉|张廷玉 in 1739 during the Qing Dynasty, 332 scrolls
annal / historical record / CL: 筆|笔
History of the Yuan Dynasty, twenty third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Song Lian 宋濂 in 1370 during the Ming Dynasty, 210 scrolls
lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
History of the Liao Dynasty, twenty first of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 116 scrolls
History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls
alternate history; counterfactual history (genre of fiction)
History of Kingdom Lu / refers to the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
two-character surname Taishi
History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽|李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls
History of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, twenty second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱 in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty , 135 scrolls
ancient history
factory history
ancient history
art history
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century / fig. a long and complicated story
historical tales
intellectual history
Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls
modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century)
natural history (i.e. botany and zoology)
history of philosophy
history of literature
revision history (of a document, web page etc)
history of art
(fig.) history full of suffering / heart-rending story / CL:
The Scholars, satirical Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓
New History of the Yuan Dynasty, completed by Ke Shaomin 柯劭忞 in 1920, sometimes listed as one of the 24 Dynastic Histories 二十四史
"A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking
political history
cultural history
Short History of Civilization, late Qing novel by Li Boyuan 李伯元 or Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉 describing the turmoil after the 1900 Eight-Nation Alliance 八國聯軍|八国联军
history written in blood / epic period of struggle and sacrifice
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
History of the Five Dynasties, eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正 in 974 during Northern Song 北宋, 150 scrolls
earth history / geological history
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions) / same as 二十四史
romantic history; romantic past
superintendent of education (formal title)
General History of the Qing dynasty, compiled under Xiao Yishan 蕭一山|萧一山
modern history
contemporary history
medical history
history of science
modern history and contemporary history
dark past


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