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The Book of Han (漢書) 94 (Chinese)
The Book of Han is a History of China finished in 111 B.C.E. It covers the history of the Western, or Former Han dynasty from the 206 B.C.E. to 23 C.E. Ban Biao (班彪) began the work, but It was finished by his son Ban Gu (孟堅), a Han court official, with the help of his sister Ban Zhao (班昭). Its structure was based off Sima Qian's (司馬遷) Scribe's Records (史記).