Book of Han

The Han Shu (Chinese汉书/汉书, Pinyin Hàn Shuu ) represents the time of the early or Western Han Dynasty and Wang Mang the Usurper dar. It was started by 36 Ban Biao, continued by his son Ban Gu and after its execution in (92 ) from its sister Ban Zhao concluded ( at 110). It is the second of the 24 dynastic histories and includes 100 rolls / volumes (卷, juǎn ).

Inspired by the Shiji it is in imperial annals, tables, biographies ( including descriptions of foreign peoples ) and monographs divided. But it also includes work on literature and geography of Ban Gu and Ban Zhao on astronomy.

The brother of the historian siblings was the general Ban Chao, who pushed forward with his conquests as far as the Caspian Sea. Sure He wrote the information on the Western Regions, which are included in the Han Shu.

Engl translations (extracts)

  • Pan Ku: The History of the Former Han Dynasty. A Crit. Translated with annotations by Homer H. Dubs. Vol I-III. Kegan Paul and others, London, inter alia, 1938-1955.
  • A. F. P. Hulsewé: China in Central Asia. The Early Stage. 125 BC - AD 23 to annotated translation of chapters 61 and 96 of the Former Han Dynasty History of the. With an introduction by M. A. N. Loewe. EJ Brill, Leiden 1979, ISBN 90-04-05884-2 ( Sinica Leidensia 14).
  • Pan Ku: Courtier and Commoner in Ancient China. Selections from the History of the Former Han. Translated by Burton Watson. Columbia University Press, New York, NY, inter alia, 1974, ISBN 0-231-03765-1 ( Translations from the Oriental Classics ) (A translation of chapters 54,63,65,67,68,71,74,78,92, and 97).
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