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漢書

简汉书 · 繁漢書

Mandarin · pinyin Hàn shū

History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 Èr shí sì Shǐ, composed by Ban Gu 班固 Bān Gù in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls

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(history) Book of Han (history of the Western Han dynasty finished in 111)

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