Twenty-four Histories Published by Five Provincial Publishing Houses Year: 1869 -1878 Call Number: RTC20315.R This complete set spanning from Records of the Grand Historian to History of Ming covers Chinese history from the legendary Yellow Emperor (c. 2550 BC) to the 17th year of Chongzhen’s reign (1644). The 3,213-chapter compendium contains approximately 40 million characters across 626 thread-bound volumes. These printed book editions occupied an important position in the development of the Twenty-Four Histories of China, and complete editions with perfect style are rare. The Twenty-Four Histories, published by five provincial publishing houses and housed in the University of Macau Library, holds significant academic value in both philology and textual criticism. 203 38
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