Hou Hanshu

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Chinese historical text Twenty-Four Histories dynastic history official history

Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.

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Surface form Occurrences
Book of Later Han 1
Book of the Later Han 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese historical text ⓘ
Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ
dynastic history ⓘ
official history ⓘ
basedOnEarlierWork Dongguan Hanji NERFINISHED ⓘ
compilationCentury 5th century ⓘ
compilationPeriod Liu Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
compiler Fan Ye NERFINISHED ⓘ
范曄 NERFINISHED ⓘ
compilerDeathYear 446 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin China ⓘ
describes Qiang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xianbei NERFINISHED ⓘ
Xiongnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyDescribed Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
followsInSeries Hanshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalGenre biographical history ⓘ
historicalScope reigns of Eastern Han emperors ⓘ
influenceOn study of Silk Road history ⓘ
study of Sino-foreign contacts ⓘ
knownFor detailed accounts of Eastern Han politics ⓘ
detailed accounts of Eastern Han society ⓘ
detailed accounts of foreign relations ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
notableSection Account of the Xiongnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treatise on the Western Regions NERFINISHED ⓘ
biographies of foreign peoples ⓘ
originalTitle 後漢書 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf standard histories of imperial China ⓘ
predecessorWork Book of Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hanshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContent accounts of early Buddhism in China ⓘ
accounts of religious movements in Eastern Han ⓘ
RomanEmpireNameUsed Da Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure annals ⓘ
biographies ⓘ
tables ⓘ
treatises ⓘ
subjectFocus foreign relations ⓘ
institutional history ⓘ
political history ⓘ
social history ⓘ
textualTradition transmitted in multiple editions ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 220 ⓘ
25 ⓘ
title Book of the Later Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy later Chinese historians ⓘ
modern historians of the Han dynasty ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yellow Turban Rebellion → describedIn → Hou Hanshu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of the Later Han
Liang Province Rebellion → documentedIn → Hou Hanshu ⓘ
Partisan Prohibitions → documentedIn → Hou Hanshu ⓘ
Emperor Guangwu of Han → historicalSource → Hou Hanshu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Later Han
Shanshan → mentionedIn → Hou Hanshu ⓘ