Book of the Later Han

Book of the Later Han

First page of the book
Author	Fan Ye et al
Original title	後漢書
Country	China
Language	Classical Chinese
Subject	Ancient Chinese history (Han dynasty)
Publication date	5th century

The Book of the Later Han, also known as the History of the Later Han and by its Chinese name Hou Hanshu (Chinese: 後漢書), is one of the Twenty-Four Histories and covers the history of the Han dynasty from 6 to 189 CE, a period known as the Later or Eastern Han. The book was compiled by Fan Ye and others in the 5th century during the Liu Song dynasty, using a number of earlier histories and documents as sources.