后汉书 in English Hou4 Han4 shu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls

Simplified Characters

后 汉 书

Traditional Characters

後 漢 書

Pinyin

Hou4 Han4 shu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

后hou4surname Hou 汉han4Han ethnic group 书shu1abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]