Han dynasty texts

The Shiji (), also known as Records of the Grand Historian or '''''The Grand Scribe's Records''''' (), is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written during the late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC by the early Han dynasty historian Sima Qian, building upon work begun by his father Sima Tan. The work covers a 2,500-year period from the age of the legendary Yellow Emperor to the reign of Emperor Wu of Han in the author's own time, and describes the world as it was known to the Chinese of the Western Han dynasty.

official history of China's Western Han dynasty, finished under the Eastern Han in the year 111

Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th century BCE

The Huainanzi is an ancient philosophical and governmental Chinese text made up of essays from scholarly debates held at the court of Liu An, Prince of Huainan, before 139 BCE. Compiled as a compendium for an enlightened sovereign and his court, the work attempts to define the conditions for a perfect socio-political order, derived mainly from a perfect (or enlightened) ruler. With a notable Zhuangzi 'Taoist' influence, alongside Chinese folk theories of yin and yang and Wu Xing, the Huainanzi draws on Taoist, Legalist, Confucian, and Mohist concepts. But it subverts the latter three in favor

ancient Chinese text noting the events of the Chinese warring states period

2nd century Chinese character dictionary

3rd century Chinese medical text, attributed to the legendary prehistoric culture hero Shennong

ancient Chinese treatise on mathematics related to astronomy and astrology

book by Liu Xiang

Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals

1st century Chinese dictionary of regional terms

an anthology of Chinese poems collected during the Han Dynasty

Almanac written by Ying Shao (c.195)

Chinese mathematical treatise written between 202 BC and 186 BC

ancient Chinese medical masterpiece on colds and flu by Zhang Zhongjing (150 CE-219 CE) of Eastern Han Dynasty

ancient Chinese treatise

The Taixuanjing is a divination guide composed by the Confucian writer Yang Xiong (53 BCE18 CE) in the decade prior to the fall of the Western Han dynasty. The first draft of this work was completed in 2 BCE; during the Jin dynasty, an otherwise unknown person named Fan Wang () salvaged the text and wrote a commentary on it, from which our text survives today.

undated work by Dong Zhongshu

clinical book of traditional Chinese medicine covering formulae, prescriptions for colds and flu, ob-gyn diseases.

History written during the Eastern Han dynasty

book by Yang Xiong

Chinese philosophical and medical works written on silk

ancient Chinese written works dated 196–186 BC

ancient Chinese writings

The Shiben or Book of Origins (Chinese: 世本; pinyin: shìběn; ) was an early Chinese encyclopedia which recorded imperial genealogies from the mythical Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors down to the late Spring and Autumn period (771–476 BCE), explanations of the origin of clan names, and records of legendary and historical Chinese inventors. It was written during the 2nd century BC at the time of the Han dynasty. The work was lost in the 10th century, but partially reconstructed from quotations during the Qing dynasty.

Chinese mathematics book by Xu Yue

ancient Chinese collection of fantastic stories about deities, supernatural beings, and immortals associated to geographical locations, traditionally attributed to Dongfang Shuo

poem written by Zhang Heng

Shuanggudui () is an archeological site located near Fuyang in China's Anhui province. Shuanggudui grave no. 1, which belongs to Xiahou Zao (), the second marquis of Ruyin (), was sealed in 165 BCE in the early Han dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE). Excavated in 1977, it was found to contain a large number of texts written on bamboo strips, including fragments of the Classic of Poetry and the Songs of the South, a text on breathing exercises, a "year table" () recounting historical events, a manual on dogs, a version of the I Ching (Yijing) that differs from the received one, and artifacts inclu