Duàndàishǐ zhǐ xiě yí ge cháodài, tōngshǐ zé guànchuān gǔjīn.
A dynastic history covers only one dynasty, while a general history runs from ancient times to the present.
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史记 by 司马迁 is the first general history told through biographies, running from the legendary Yellow Emperor to his own Han dynasty. Almost every later official history, starting with 汉书, is a 断代史, the history of a single dynasty.
