The Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu (資治通鑑綱目, "Outline and Details of the Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Government"), also known as the Tongjian Gangmu or Gangmu, is an 1172 Chinese history book based on Sima Guang's 1084 book Zizhi Tongjian.
In the words of J. W. Haeger, the Zizhi Tongjian Gangmu "is doubtless the most influential piece of historical writing in the later Imperial age".
[1] The book is sometimes described as a condensed version of Zizhi Tongjian, but it's in fact historical criticism containing copious didactic and ideological rhetoric.
The book was later translated into Manchu as the Tung Giyan G'ang Mu (ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨᡬᠠᠩᠮᡠ) upon the request of the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing.
His twelve-volume translation, the Histoire générale de la Chine...,[2] was published posthumously from 1777 to1783.