Book of the Later Han
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| Author | Fan Ye et al |
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| Original title | 後漢書 |
| Language | Classical Chinese |
| Subject | Ancient Chinese history (Han dynasty) |
Publication date | 5th century |
| Publication place | China |
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| Traditional Chinese | 後漢書 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 后汉书 | ||||||||||||
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The Book of the Later Han, also known as the History of the Later Han and by its Chinese name Hou Hanshu (Chinese: 後漢書), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Later or Eastern Han. The book was compiled by Fan Ye and others in the 5th century during the Liu Song dynasty, using a number of earlier histories and documents as sources.