Is “The rise and fall of Chen Ping's status in the arrangement of official histories” true?

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In Records of the Grand Historian, the Hereditary House of Chancellor Chen (史记·陈丞相世家) separately establishes a hereditary house for Chen Ping, detailing his six ingenious stratagems: 'When Chen Ping, the Chancellor, was young, he was fond of the arts of the Yellow Emperor and Laozi. When he was cutting meat on the chopping board, his ambition was already far-reaching. Tossed about between Chu and Wei, he finally returned to Emperor Gao.' In History of Han, the combined biography of Zhang, Chen, Wang, and Zhou (汉书·张陈王周传) abolishes the hereditary house for ministers and downgrades him to a combined biography chapter: 'Chen Ping's ambition was seen under the altar; tossed about between Chu and Wei, he finally returned to Han and became a strategist. During Empress Lü's time, many events occurred, yet Ping managed to escape and ended with wisdom.' Thus, he was reduced from a separate hereditary house to a combined biography chapter.

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Records of the Grand Historian separately established a Hereditary House for Chen Ping, while History of Han abolished the hereditary house status and downgraded him to a combined biography chapter.

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