The First Known Chinese Woman Historian

• 来源期刊: 中国周刊
• 学科: 历史
• 关键词: OFFICIALS completion dealing DYNASTY WOMAN writing renowned WOMAN editor STRUGGLE
• 年，卷（期）: zgzk,（2）
• 页码范围: 16-17
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: K825.8

摘要

【正】 Ban Zhao, the first known Chinese woman historian, lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty( 25-220 A.D.), and is renowned for her contribution to the completion of Han Shu( History of the Han Dynasty), which covers the entire Western Han period( 206B.C.-24A.D.). As China’s first book on dynastic history, it constitutes the second volume in Twenty-Four Histories, and sets the style of writing for the rest of the dynastic annals. Han Shu consists of 120 volumes divided in to four parts: Biographies of the 12 Western Han emperors and major events during the reign of each emperor, the "Eight Tables," chronologically listing the names of princes, the emperor’s in laws and the leading officials; the "The Registries," dealing with rules and laws and Biographies of 70 outstanding personalities. Of the four parts, the "Eight Tables" was compiled by Ban Zhao.