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The ''Book of Later Han'' is part of the Four Early Histories, together with:
These Four Early Histories are in turn part of the larger canon of Chinese histories known as the Twenty-Four Histories . Fan Ye used a number of earlier histories, including the Shiji by Sima Qian and the Hanshu by Ban Gu, plus many others (including some that were also entitled Hou Hanshu), most of which have not survived intact. Fan Ye, himself, briefly describes in the text his main sources for the 'Chapter on the Western Regions' in his Commentary, at the end of the chapter: “Ban Gu has recorded in detail the local conditions and customs of each kingdom in the Hanshu of the Former Han Dynasty . Now, the events of the ''Jianwu'' period (25-55 CE) onward have been revised for this Section on the Western Regions, using those that differ from earlier records, as reported by Ban Yong at the end of the reign of Emperor An ( 107 - 125 CE).” REFERENCES
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