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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源：不详
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ry, thus, Ban Gu was involved in this enterprise which could rely on the governmental archives. He added new parts to the Shi ji houzhuan (includes 65 chapters) written by his father. After his death, his younger sister Ban Zhao appended 8 Biao and Tianwen Zhi (Zhi of Astronomy) and thus finished the Han shu involving 100 chapters. In a short, the Han shu is the product of a family’s effort.
In the time when Ban Gu wrote his work, the Chinese had learned more about the western region. Ban Chao, the younger brother of Ban Gu, was renowned for establishing the rule of the Han Dynasty in the western region during the course of his life. The military march of Ban Chao may have increased Ban Gu’s interest in this land. The record of Khwarazm in the Han shu shows more details than that in the Shi ji. This text is connected with the records about Kangju. According to the Han shu, Kangju was a strong country in Central Asia which had 600, 000 population and 120,000 soldiers. It occupied an important position on the way fro << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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