ChinaDongguan Hanji
東觀漢記 (Han Records from the Eastern Lodge)
compiled by successive teams of Han court historians, including Ban Gu · c. AD 60-160 · Luoyang (China) · history
A dynasty's history is best written by its own court while the dynasty still rules, so the Eastern Han commissioned its own official record across a full century rather than leaving that account to later hands.
Descends from
- Han Shu · c. AD 36-111 (begun by Ban Biao, carried forward by his son Ban Gu, and completed after Ban Gu's death by his sister Ban Zhao)
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