Hou Hanshu
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Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Later Han | 10 |
| Book of the Later Han | 10 |
| Hou Hanshu canonical | 10 |
| Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu) | 2 |
| 後漢書 | 2 |
| Treatise on the Western Regions | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5459738 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hou Hanshu Context triple: [Shanshan, mentionedIn, Hou Hanshu]
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A.
Book of Han
The Book of Han is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Western Han dynasty.
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B.
Zizhi Tongjian
Zizhi Tongjian is an 11th-century Chinese chronological historical text compiled under Sima Guang that provides a comprehensive narrative of Chinese history from the Warring States period to the Five Dynasties.
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C.
Spring and Autumn Annals
The Spring and Autumn Annals is an ancient Chinese chronicle of the State of Lu that became a foundational Confucian classic, studied for its terse historical records and moral-political interpretations.
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D.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
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E.
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hou Hanshu Target entity description: Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.
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A.
Book of Han
The Book of Han is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Western Han dynasty.
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B.
Zizhi Tongjian
Zizhi Tongjian is an 11th-century Chinese chronological historical text compiled under Sima Guang that provides a comprehensive narrative of Chinese history from the Warring States period to the Five Dynasties.
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C.
Spring and Autumn Annals
The Spring and Autumn Annals is an ancient Chinese chronicle of the State of Lu that became a foundational Confucian classic, studied for its terse historical records and moral-political interpretations.
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D.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
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E.
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historical text
ⓘ
Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ dynastic history ⓘ official history ⓘ |
| basedOnEarlierWork | Dongguan Hanji ⓘ |
| compilationCentury | 5th century ⓘ |
| compilationPeriod | Liu Song dynasty ⓘ |
| compiler |
Fan Ye
ⓘ
范曄 ⓘ |
| compilerDeathYear | 446 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| describes |
Qiang
ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ Western Regions ⓘ Xianbei ⓘ Xiongnu ⓘ |
| dynastyDescribed |
Eastern Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Han dynasty
|
| followsInSeries | Hanshu ⓘ |
| historicalGenre | biographical history ⓘ |
| historicalScope | reigns of Eastern Han emperors ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
study of Silk Road history
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study of Sino-foreign contacts ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed accounts of Eastern Han politics
ⓘ
detailed accounts of Eastern Han society ⓘ detailed accounts of foreign relations ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableSection |
Account of the Xiongnu
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Treatise on the Western Regions ⓘ
linked to:
Hou Hanshu
biographies of foreign peoples ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
後漢書
ⓘ
linked to:
Hou Hanshu
|
| partOf | standard histories of imperial China ⓘ |
| predecessorWork |
Book of Han
ⓘ
Hanshu ⓘ |
| religiousContent |
accounts of early Buddhism in China
ⓘ
accounts of religious movements in Eastern Han ⓘ |
| RomanEmpireNameUsed | Da Qin ⓘ |
| structure |
annals
ⓘ
biographies ⓘ tables ⓘ treatises ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
foreign relations
ⓘ
institutional history ⓘ political history ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| textualTradition | transmitted in multiple editions ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
220
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25 ⓘ |
| title |
Book of the Later Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Hou Hanshu
|
| usedBy |
later Chinese historians
ⓘ
modern historians of the Han dynasty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hou Hanshu Description of subject: Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.
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