This publication is the long-awaited complement to Michael Loewe's acclaimed "Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods" (2000). With more than 8,000 entries, based upon historical records and surviving inscriptions, the comprehensive "Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms" (23-220 AD) now provides information on men and women of the Chinese world who lived at the time of Later (or Eastern) Han, from Liu Xiu, founding Emperor Guangwu (reg. 24-57), to the celebrated warlord Cao Cao (155-220) at the end of the dynasty. The entries, including surnames, personal names, styles and dates, are accompanied by maps, genealogical tables and indexes, with lists of books and special accounts of women. These features, together with the convenient surveys of the history and the administrative structure of the dynasty, will make Rafe de Crespigny's work an indispensable tool for any further serious study of a significant but comparatively neglected period of imperial China.
Author(s): Rafe de Crespigny
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies, Section 4
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 1312
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE LATER HAN DYNASTY......Page 17
CHRONOLOGY OF LATER HAN......Page 29
TABLE 1: THE EMPERORS OF THE TWO HAN DYNASTIES......Page 33
TABLE 2: THE IMPERIAL INHERITANCE OF LATER HAN......Page 35
BIOGRAPHICAL LIST......Page 38
TABLE 3: SUMMARY OF THE LINEAGE OF DENG YU OF NANYANG......Page 1223
TABLE 4: SUMMARY OF THE DOU FAMILY OF YOUFUFENG......Page 1224
TABLE 5: SUMMARY OF THE LIANG FAMILY OF ANDING......Page 1225
TABLE 6: SUMMARY OF THE MA FAMILY OF YOUFUFENG......Page 1226
TABLE 7: SUMMARY OF THE GENG FAMILY OF YOUFUFENG......Page 1227
TABLE 8: SUMMARY OF THE YANG FAMILY OF HONGNONG......Page 1228
TABLE 9: SUMMARY OF THE YUAN FAMILY OF RUNAN......Page 1229
PROVINCES AND COMMANDERY UNITS OF LATER HAN......Page 1230
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF LATER HAN......Page 1253
CHINESE TITLES AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE RENDERINGS......Page 1273
EARLY SOURCES......Page 1279
MODERN WORKS......Page 1284
LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY WORKS OF LATER HAN......Page 1292
GENERAL INDEX......Page 1304
LIST OF STYLES......Page 1324
NOTABLE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN......Page 1339
LIST OF MAPS......Page 1344
Map 1: The Northern Steppe in 90 AD......Page 1345
Map 2: The Western Regions during the Later Han Period......Page 1346
MAP 3: THE LATER HAN EMPIRE c. 140 AD......Page 1347
