An account of past facts and events affecting one or more nations or peoples, arranged in the order of their occurrence.

历史。

The branch of knowledge that studies and explains such facts.

历史学。

Past facts or events in general, concerning some person, thing, nation, etc.

过去事实。

A history is a systematic account of public events, grouped in regard to importance, and selected, emphasized, and interpreted with attention to causes and consequences.

History 是有系统地记载国家大事，依其重要性而分门别类，并就其因果而在题材上作选择、强调、解释。

A record may be a Connected and uncritical narrative of facts, or it may be a piece of evidence preserved, as document, monument, tablet, etc.

Record 仅是相关事实之非评论性记录，或仅为保存之证据（如文件、砷记、书牒等）。

Annals narrate events year by year.

Annals 为编年史。

A chronicle relates events over a certain period, long or short.

Chronicle 为某一时期史实之记载，长短不论。

Both annals and chronicles present the events in order of time, but without interpretation.

Annals 及 chronicles 均为依时间顺序编成之记录，而不附加解释。