《史记》是我国历史上第一部纪传体通史，由司马迁编写。记载了上自上古传说中的黄帝时代，下至汉武帝元狩元年间，共三千多年的历史。全书共一百三十篇，五十二万余字，包括十二本纪、三十世家、七十列传、十表、八书。本书《<史记>一读就懂》节选了《史记》原著的部分内容，并对它们进行了注释和白话翻译，文后还有编者点评以及帮助读者扩展阅读面的侧评。(Records of the Grand Historian is the first biographical comprehensive history of China written by Sima Qian. It records the history of more than 3000 years from the legendary Yellow Emperor to the first year of Yuanshou of the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. There are 130 pieces of the book with more than 520,000 words, including 12 basic annals, 30 hereditary houses, 70 ranked biographies, 10 tables, and 8 treatises. Understand while Reading: Records of the Grand Historian selects some content of the original Records of the Grand Historian and interprets them into modern Chinese with footnotes and editor's reviews and side reviews after the articles to help the readers extend their areas of reading.)