''Annals of the Later Han'' or ''Hou Hanji'' (後漢紀) is a Chinese history book of the
Eastern Han dynasty. It was written by
Yuan Hong (328–376) during the
Jin dynasty (266–420)
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. Yuan spent eight years to complete his Annals. The annals contain 30 books with some 210 thousand Chinese characters. It covers the period from the farmers' revolts of the later years of
Wang Mang
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to the years when
Cao Pi
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, and
Liu Bei
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became emperors; therefore it covers roughly 200 years. The annals were written 50 years earlier than
Fan Ye (historian)
Fan Ye (398 – 23 January 446), courtesy name Weizong (蔚宗), was a Chinese historian and politician of the Liu Song dynasty during the Southern and Northern dynasties period. He was the compiler of the historical text ''Book of the Later Han ...
's ''
Book of the Later Han'', and it is one of two surviving history books of Eastern Han dynasty.
Contents
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Emperor Guangwu
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Book 2
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Book 3 光武皇帝
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Book 4
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Book 5
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Book 6 光武皇帝
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Book 7 光武皇帝
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Book 8 光武皇帝
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Book 9 孝明皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor Ming
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Book 10 孝明皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 11 孝章皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor Zhang
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Book 12 孝章皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 13 孝和皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor He
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Book 14 孝和皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 15 孝殤皇帝
Emperor Shang
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Book 16 孝安皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor An
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Book 17 孝安皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 18 孝順皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor Shun
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Book 19 孝順皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 20 孝質皇帝
Emperor Zhi
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Legend
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Book 21 孝桓皇帝 (1/2)
Emperor Huan
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Book 22 孝桓皇帝 (2/2)
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Book 23 孝靈皇帝 (1/3)
Emperor Ling
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Book 24 孝靈皇帝 (2/3)
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Book 25 孝靈皇帝 (3/3)
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Book 26 孝獻皇帝
Emperor Xian
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Liu Xie was a so ...
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Book 27 孝獻皇帝
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Book 28 孝獻皇帝
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Book 29 孝獻皇帝
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Book 30 孝獻皇帝
Chinese history texts
4th-century history books
History books about the Han dynasty
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