This is the way for a gentleman to constantly strive for self-improvement.

Translation: A gentleman should work tirelessly, strive for self-improvement, and this is the way of a gentleman.

Source: "Book of the Later Han·Huang Qiong Biography".

"The Book of the Later Han", one of the "Twenty-Four Histories", is a biographical history that records the history of the Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was compiled by Fan Ye, a historian from the Song Dynasty in Southern China. Together with "Historical Records", "Hanshu" and "Three Kingdoms", it is called the "First Four Histories".

Introduction to the work

The "Book of the Later Han" is divided into ten chronicles, eighty biographies and eight chronicles (taken from Sima Biao's "Continuation of the Book of Han"). The whole book mainly records the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The historical events from the first year of Jianwu (25th year) of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty to the 25th year of Jian'an (220th year) of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, totaling 195 years.

Most of "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" follows the ready-made styles of "Historical Records" and "Han Shu". However, in the process of writing the book, Fan Ye made some innovations based on the specific characteristics of the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. , has changed.