The excellent historical works of ancient China not only record the historical facts in great detail, but also embody the high national wisdom and reflect the profound ideas and compiling skills, so they are of precious value beyond time and space. The wellorganized compilation of historical works is worth exploring and summarizing. The precise compiling style is employed to reproduce the objective history more appropriately, which is the component of the ancient outstanding historian’s compiling thoughts. And their spirit of innovation could be seen from their different treatments with compiling styles in different times. Meanwhile, the appropriate use of compiling style also creates the harmonious beauty of historical works in the layout and structure. Therefore, the precise and appropriate compiling style is of great significance in ideology, innovation and aesthetic value, and it provides a new perspective to promote the research on Chinese historiography.

Chinese historiography; compiling style of historical works; Shi Ji(the Great Historian’s Records); Han Shu(Book of Han); Hou Han Shu(Book of the Latter Han); Sima Qian