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Hanshu 漢書 "The History of Former Han Dynasty"

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The first dynastic history of China was the Shiji 史記 "Records of the Grand Scribe", written by Sima Qian 司馬遷 (145-86 BC) during the Former Han Dynasty.
The pattern of Sima Qian's historiographic work was unique and should serve as model for the official standard histories of the imperial dynasties for the next two thousand years. The Hanshu, written by Ban Biao 班彪 and his son Ban Gu 班固, a historian who also took part in the compilation of the political compendium Baihutong 白虎通 and the history Dongguan Hanji 東觀漢記, helped to standardize the style of the official dynastic histories that has been established with the Shiji. Like Sima Qian, Ban Gu used the biographical-thematical style with four different types of chapters. But the imperial biographies are much more written in an annalistic year-by-year style and report only officially recorded events. Sima Qian's imperial biographies are written in a more narrative style.
The chapters of the Hanshu are:
1.-12. 紀 Ji Imperial Biographies 1-12:
Emperors Gaozu, Huidi, Gaohou (Empress Lü), Wendi, Jingdi, Wudi, Zhaodi, Xuandi, Yuandi, Chengdi, Aidi, Pingdi
13.-20. 表 Biao Tables 1-8:
Kings not relative to the Han emperors 異姓諸侯王 (13), imperial princes 諸侯王 (14), imperial marquis 王子侯 (15), high officials of early 高惠高后文功臣 (16) and later Former Han 景武昭宣元成功臣 (17), relatives of the empresses 外戚恩澤侯 (18), ministers 百官公卿 (19), important persons of the past and contemporarians 古今人 (20).
21.-30 志 Zhi Treatises 1-10:

Measurements and Calendar 律曆
(20-21), Rites and Music 禮樂
(22), Punishment and Law 刑法
(23), Food and Commodities 食貨
(24), Sacrifices 郊祀
(25), Astronomy 天文
(26), Five Phases 五行 (27), Geography 地理 (28), Rivers and Canals 溝洫 (29), Literature 藝文 (30).
31.-100. 傳 Zhuan Biographies 1-70:
(only the most important and interesting are presented here:)
31-34 the rebels against Qin and Han
36 Liu Xiang and Liu Xin 楚元王
38 imperial princes, sons of Han Gaozu 高五王
39 the chancellors Xiao He and Cao Can 蕭何曹參
48 Jia Yi 賈誼
54 general Li Guang 李廣蘇建
55 general Huo Qubing 衛青霍去病
56 Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
57 Sima Xiangru 司馬相如
61 Zhang Qian 張騫李廣利
62 Sima Qian 司馬遷
68 Huo Guang and Jin Midi 霍光金日磾
87 Yang Xiong 揚雄
94 the Xiongnu tribes 匈奴
95 southwestern and southern barbarians and Korea 西南夷兩粵朝鮮
96 the western territories 西域
97 empresses and their clans 外戚
98 Empress Yuan 元后
99 Wang Mang 王莽
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