后汉书

hòu hàn shū

History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 范曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls

后

hòu

back

汉

hàn

the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)

书

shū

abbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]