Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling

being the Chronicle of the Later Han dynasty
for the years for the years 157 to 189 AD
as recorded in Chapters 54 to 59 of the Zizhi tongjian of Sima Guang.

Internet edition 2003

Translated and annotated by Rafe de Crespigny

Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University

NOTE: This work was originally published in the Asian Studies Monographs: New Series No. 12 of the Faculty of Asian Studies at The Australian National University, Canberra 1989 [ISBN 0 7315 0655 3]. Internet publication October 2003.
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The complete text of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling is published below as a set of seven PDF documents.

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND LINKS TO PDF DOCUMENTS

Parts from FOREWORD to TABLES [ pdf large file 122 kb]

FOREWORD to this Internet edition

PREFACE to the 1989 hard-copy edition

INTRODUCTION

Sima Guang and his Chronicle History
The Arrangement of the Translation and the Notes
An Outline of the Military Organisation of Later Han Empire
The Political Situation of 157 AD
Notes to the Introduction

TABLES

The Emperors of the Two Han dynasties

Chronology 157 to 189 AD

TRANSLATION AND NOTES

	[pages of the 1996 edition]
Chapter 54 [ pdf large file 430kb] Yongshou 3: 157 Yanxi 1: 158 Yanxi 2: 159 Yanxi 3: 160 Yanxi 4: 161 Yanxi 5: 162 Yanxi 6: 163	1 [Notes at 265] 4 [270] 8 [278] 25 [307] 29 [311] 33 [318] 39 [325]
CHAPTER 55 [ pdf large file 433 kb] Yanxi 7: 164 Yanxi 8: 165 Yanxi 9: 166	44 [330] 55 [344] 67 [367]
CHAPTER 56 [ pdf large file 476 kb] Yongkang 1: 167 Jianning 1: 168 Jianning 2: 169 Jianning 3: 170 Jianning 4: 171	82 [389] 89 [401] 104 [423] 119 [453] 121 [457]
CHAPTER 57 [ pdf large file 486 kb] Xiping 1: 172 Xiping 2: 173 Xiping 3: 174 Xiping 1: 175 Xiping 2: 176 Xiping 3: 177 Guanghe 1: 178 Guanghe 2: 179 Guanghe 3: 180	123 [462] 130 [477] 131 [479] 132 [481] 135 [490] 137 [493] 145 [505] 154 [520] 164 [531]
CHAPTER 58 [ pdf large file 310 kb] Guanghe 4: 181 Guanghe 5: 182 Guanghe 6: 183 Zhongping 1: 184 Zhongping 2: 185 Zhongping 3: 186 Zhongping 4: 187	167 [537] 171 [542] 174 [546] 177 [549] 191 [564] 199 [574] 201 [575]
CHAPTER 59 [ pdf large file 183 kb] Zhongping 5: 188 Zhongping 6: 189	205 [577] 211 [582]
FINDING LIST [ pdf large file 183 kb] of texts identified as sources for Zizhi tongjian 54-59	at the end of the document
BIBLIOGRAPHY [ pdf large file 183 kb] of works cited in the Notes to the Translation	at the end of the document
MAPS [ pdf large file 183 kb] of the Han empire in the time of Emperors Huan and Ling	at the end of the document

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