Shiki" (The Records of the Grand Historian) written by Sima Qian consists of a total of 130 volumes: "12 volumes of hongi (Annals), 10 volumes of hyo (Tables), 8 volumes of sho (Treatises), 30 volumes of seika (Hereditary Houses), 70 volumes of retsuden (Biographies)".
司馬遷の『史記』は「十二本紀・十表・八書・三十世家・七十列伝」の全百三十巻から成る。