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The
Book of Han is a classic
Chinese historical writing completed in 111 CE, covering the history of
Western Han from
206 BCE to
25 CE. It is also sometimes called the
Book of Former Han. A second book, the
Book of Later Han covers the
Eastern Han period from
25 to
220, and composed in the
5th century by
Fan Ye (
398–
445). Depending on sources, the earliest estimate date coverage begins anywhere from 206 to 202 BCE.
Contents
The huge encyclopedic work was started by
Ban Biao. Following his death,
Ban Gu, eldest son of Ban Biao, continued working on the book, which grew to a total of 100 volumes, and included essays on
law,
science,
geography, and
literature. His younger sister
Ban Zhao, finished the writing in
111, 19 years after he was put in prison, and made the minor volumes 13-20th (eight chronological charts) and 26th (astronomical biography) included to the work. Like the
Records of the Grand Historian,
Zhang Qian, a famous Chinese general who travelled to the west, was the key source for the cultural and socio-economic data on the
Western Regions contained in the work on 96th volume.
The book set the format for the writings of later Chinese dynasties, and today it's a reference used to study the Han period. It is often regarded as part of the early four historiographies of the
Twenty-Four Histories canon, together with the
Records of the Grand Historian,
Records of Three Kingdoms and
Book of Later Han.
Japan
The Japanese appear in written history in this book (
Book of the Later Han), in which it's recorded, "The people of Wa are located across the ocean from
Lelang, are divided into more than one hundred tribes, and come to offer tribute from time to time." It is later recorded that in 57, the southern Wa kingdom of Na sent an emissary named Taifu to pay tribute to
Emperor Guangwu and received a golden seal. According to the
Book of Wei, the most powerful kingdom on the
archipelago in the
3rd century was called
Yamataikoku and was ruled by the legendary
Queen Himiko.
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