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*''Written: [[Ban Gu]], 1st c. CE''
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 漢書 ''(Hànshū / Kanjo)''
The ''Book of Han'', also sometimes referred to as the ''History of the Earlier Han'' or the ''History of the Former Han'', was a formal history of the Early [[Han Dynasty]] (prior to the dynastic interruption of the reign of [[Wang Mang]]). Written by [[Ban Gu]] sometime in the first century CE, it drew upon the style and approach of [[Sima Qian|Sima Qian's]] ''[[Shiji]]'' ("Historical Record") and set a precedent for the form of later official dynastic histories.
The ''Book of Han'' is also the earliest written record to make mention of the Japanese islands and their people. The islands are mentioned only very briefly however, in a description indicating their location beyond the Sea of [[Lelang]] (i.e. Korea), and that the people, divided into more than one hundred countries, occasionally send [[tribute]].
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==References==
*[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 45.
*David Lu, ''Sources of Japanese History'', New York: McGraw-Hill (1973), 4.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Yayoi Period]]
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 漢書 ''(Hànshū / Kanjo)''
The ''Book of Han'', also sometimes referred to as the ''History of the Earlier Han'' or the ''History of the Former Han'', was a formal history of the Early [[Han Dynasty]] (prior to the dynastic interruption of the reign of [[Wang Mang]]). Written by [[Ban Gu]] sometime in the first century CE, it drew upon the style and approach of [[Sima Qian|Sima Qian's]] ''[[Shiji]]'' ("Historical Record") and set a precedent for the form of later official dynastic histories.
The ''Book of Han'' is also the earliest written record to make mention of the Japanese islands and their people. The islands are mentioned only very briefly however, in a description indicating their location beyond the Sea of [[Lelang]] (i.e. Korea), and that the people, divided into more than one hundred countries, occasionally send [[tribute]].
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==References==
*[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 45.
*David Lu, ''Sources of Japanese History'', New York: McGraw-Hill (1973), 4.
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
[[Category:Yayoi Period]]
