The terms 'the twenty-five histories' or 'the twenty-six histories' referring to the regular twenty-four plus the PRC-era compilations "The New History of the Yuan" and/or the "Draft History of the Qing", are also sometimes used.
二十四史に、中華民国期に編纂された『新元史』や『清史稿』を含めて「二十五史」あるいは「二十六史」という呼び方も見られる。