Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- List of Figures and Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Sima Guang and his History -- 2 The Arrangement of the Translation and the Notes -- Prologue: the Reign of Emperor Guangwu -- 1 The Restoration of the Han dynasty -- 2 Civil war -- 3 Non-Chinese peoples and the frontiers -- 4 Government and the court -- Tables -- 1 Table 1: The Emperors of Han -- 2 Table 2: Imperial Officials of the Later Han dynasty -- 3 Table 3: Table of Events 57–156  AD -- Translation -- Chapter44 -- Zhongyuan 2: 57  AD -- Yongping 1: 58  AD -- Yongping 2: 59  AD -- Yongping 3: 60  AD -- Chapter45 -- Yongping 4: 61  AD -- Yongping 5: 62  AD -- Yongping 6: 63  AD -- Yongping 7: 64  AD -- Yongping 8: 65  AD -- Yongping 9: 66  AD -- Yongping 10: 67  AD -- Yongping 11: 68  AD -- Yongping 12: 69  AD -- Yongping 13: 70  AD -- Yongping 14: 71  AD -- Yongping 15: 72  AD -- Yongping 16: 73  AD -- Yongping 17: 74  AD -- Yongping 18: 75  AD -- Chapter46 -- Jianchu 1: 76  AD -- Jianchu 2: 77  AD -- Jianchu 3: 78  AD -- Jianchu 4: 79  AD -- Jianchu 5: 80  AD -- Jianchu 6: 81  AD -- Jianchu 7: 82  AD -- Jianchu 8: 83  AD -- Yuanhe 1: 84  AD -- Chapter47 -- Yuanhe 2: 85  AD -- Yuanhe 3: 86  AD -- Zhanghe 1: 87  AD -- Zhanghe 2: 88  AD -- Yongyuan 1: 89  AD -- Yongyuan 2: 90  AD -- Yongyuan 3: 91  AD -- Chapter48 -- Yongyuan 4: 92  AD -- Yongyuan 5: 93  AD -- Yongyuan 6: 94  AD -- Yongyuan 7: 95  AD -- Yongyuan 8: 96  AD -- Yongyuan 9: 97  AD -- Yongyuan 10: 98  AD -- Yongyuan 11: 99  AD -- Yongyuan 12: 100  AD -- Yongyuan 13: 101  AD -- Yongyuan 14: 102  AD -- Yongyuan 15: 103  AD -- Yongyuan 16: 104  AD -- Yuanxing 1: 105  AD -- Chapter49 -- Yanping 1: 106  AD -- Yongchu 1: 107  AD -- Yongchu 2: 108  AD -- Yongchu 3: 109  AD -- Yongchu 4: 110  AD -- Yongchu 5: 111  AD -- Yongchu 6: 112  AD -- Yongchu 7: 113  AD -- Yuanchu 1: 114  AD -- Yuanchu 2: 115  AD -- Maps to Volume 1 -- Chapter50 -- Yuanchu 3: 116  AD -- Yuanchu 4: 117  AD -- Yuanchu 5: 118  AD -- Yuanchu 6: 119  AD -- Yongning 1: 120  AD -- Jian’guang 1: 121  AD -- Yan’guang 1: 122  AD -- Yan’guang 2: 123  AD -- Yan’guang 3: 124  AD -- Chapter51 -- Yan’guang 4: 125  AD -- Yongjian 1: 126  AD -- Yongjian 2: 127  AD -- Yongjian 3: 128  AD -- Yongjian 4: 129  AD -- Yongjian 5: 130  AD -- Yongjian 6: 131  AD -- Yangjia 1: 132  AD -- Yangjia 2: 133  AD -- Chapter52 -- Yangjia 3: 134  AD -- Yangjia 4: 135  AD -- Yonghe 1: 136  AD -- Yonghe 2: 137  AD -- Yonghe 3: 138  AD -- Yonghe 4: 139  AD -- Yonghe 5: 140  AD -- Yonghe 6: 141  AD -- Han’an 1: 142  AD -- Han’an 2: 143  AD -- Jiankang 1: 144  AD -- Yongjia 1: 145  AD -- Chapter53 -- Benchu 1: 146  AD -- Jianhe 1: 147  AD -- Jianhe 2: 148  AD -- Jianhe 3: 149  AD -- Heping 1: 150  AD -- Yuanjia 1: 151  AD -- Yuanjia 2: 152  AD -- Yongxing 1: 153  AD -- Yongxing 2: 154  AD -- Yongshou 1: 155  AD -- Yongshou 2: 156  AD -- Epilogue: The Fall of Liang Ji and the Power of the Eunuchs 157–189  AD or Two Coups and a Massacre -- Map to Volume 2 -- Finding list of sources for the text -- Bibliography -- Index to the translation.

This is Volume 1 of a 2-volume set: Compiled by the scholar statesman Sima Guang of the Song dynasty, Zizhi tongjian is well recognised as one of the major histories of China. In length and extent, Later or Eastern Han was one of the great empires of east Asia, and its eventual failure led to the heroic age of the Three Kingdoms and centuries of division between north and south. Sima Guang's account of the dynasty's successes and failures provides detailed and informed information on the nature and governance of the Chinese imperial state. This translation offers a Western reader access to and an understanding of that world.

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