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Houhanshu 後漢書 "Book of the Later Han" is the official dynastic history (zhengshi 正史) of the Later Han dynasty 後漢 (25-220 CE). This third official dynastic history was written by Fan Ye 范曄 (398–445, courtesy name Weizong 蔚宗).

Fan used the biographical-thematical style (jizhuanti 紀傳體) with three different types of chapters, namely 10 juan of imperial annals-biography (ji 紀), 60 chapters of normal and collective biographies (zhuan 傳), and 10 chapters of treatises (zhi 志).

Fan Ye's work was interrupted by his execution, caused by his sidelining with Prince Liu Yikang 劉義康 (409–451), who rebelled against the emperor. The treatises were later supplemented by those from another history of the Later Han period, Xuhanshu 續漢書 "Sequel to the Hanshu", written by Sima Biao 司馬彪 (d.

306). These 20 chapters were called Xuhanzhi 續漢志 "Treatises of the Xuhanshu".

Sources for Fan Ye's book were, apart from Sima Biao's book, several earlier histories written on the Later Han period or