A Hundred Years of Han (Vol.1): Being the Chronicle of the Later Han Dynasty for the Years 57 to 156 AD as Recorded in Chapters 44 to 53 of the Zizhi

by Rafe de Crespigny

Volume 1 of a 2-volume set: Compiled by the scholar statesman Sima Guang of the Song dynasty, Zizhi tongjian is well recognised as one of the major histories of China.
In length and extent, Later or Eastern Han was one of the great empires of east Asia, and its eventual failure led to the heroic age of the Three Kingdoms and centuries of division between north and south. Sima Guang's account of the dynasty's successes and failures provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004720383
• ISBN13: 9789004720381
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 500 Pages