漢書 hàn shū

DEFINITIONS

  1. History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Ban1 Gu4] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls

CHARACTERS

漢 hàn the Chinese people, Chinese language
書 shū book, letter, document; writings