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The 140 pages that link to Han dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• YuefuNarrower topic: The Han court established the Music Bureau associated with collecting and producing early yuefu songs.

• YuezhiNarrower topic: Han court records preserve much of the surviving written account of the Yuezhi.

• Book of RitesNarrower topic: Han scholars shaped the text’s received form and canonical standing.

• Chu–Han ContentionBroader topic: Its founding was the direct political result of Liu Bang’s victory.

• Five ClassicsNarrower topic: Han scholars and courts established the classics as central objects of state learning.

• Shu HanNarrower topic: Shu Han invoked the Han name and claimed dynastic continuity after its fall.

• Yamato polityCompared with: The Han represents the centralized imperial model that later influenced, but did not initially define, Yamato rule.

• Chinese literatiRelated: Han rulers strengthened the link between classical learning and state service.

• Emperor Gaozu of HanNarrower topic: Gaozu established the dynasty whose institutions and identity outlasted his reign.

• Regular scriptNarrower topic: Regular script developed from writing forms used in and after this period.

• Running scriptRelated: Running script developed amid the transformation of Chinese writing during this period.

• ShaanxiRelated: Chang’an, now Xi’an, was the Han dynasty’s principal capital for much of its rule.

• Sogdian merchantsRelated: Opened the corridor that Sogdian merchants later turned into their trading system.

• The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical ArtRelated: The text took shape in the mathematical culture associated with the Han period.

• Wang MangNarrower topic: Xin’s institutions and political legitimacy emerged from the Han order Wang Mang displaced.

• Xin dynastyNarrower topic: Xin’s brief interruption divides Han history into Western and Eastern periods.

• Chu CiRelated: Han scholars collected, interpreted, and transmitted the anthology.

• Huangdi NeijingNarrower topic: The classic’s formation and early transmission are commonly situated in the Han intellectual world.

• North ChinaBroader topic: Han institutions shaped northern China’s political and cultural foundations.

• Sima YiNarrower topic: The Han court's decline created the political order in which Sima Yi rose.

• Sun QuanNarrower topic: The Han collapse created the political vacuum in which Sun Quan rose.

• Xi'anBroader topic: Han Chang'an became a major imperial capital and an eastern terminus of long-distance trade.

• BaiyueRelated: Han expansion and administration changed the political setting in which Baiyue groups were described.

• Chinese imperial bureaucracyBroader topic: Han governments developed imperial offices and recruitment practices that shaped later models.

• Chinese political thoughtBroader topic: Han rulers blended centralized administration with Confucian learning and political legitimacy.

• Chinese sealRelated: Seal forms and bureaucratic uses developed extensively under Han imperial administration.

• Classic of Mountains and SeasNarrower topic: The text's received organization is associated with Han-era scholarship and transmission.

• Emperor Wen of HanNarrower topic: Wen’s policies became part of the political legacy associated with the early Han dynasty.

• Four Commanderies of HanNarrower topic: The dynasty conquered Gojoseon and organized its former lands into commanderies.

• Han stateCompared with: The later dynasty shares Han’s name but was a separate polity with different origins.

• HeqinNarrower topic: Han rulers institutionalized heqin as one instrument for managing frontier relations.

• HuaxiaRelated: The later association of Han people with Huaxia ancestry took shape under and after this dynasty.

• MinyueNarrower topic: The dynasty that conquered Minyue and incorporated its territory into imperial rule.

• Nam ViệtRelated: Nam Việt negotiated its status and traded with the Han while maintaining substantial autonomy.

• Protectorate of the Western RegionsNarrower topic: The Protectorate was an instrument of Han imperial administration and frontier policy.

• Qiang peopleNarrower topic: Han expansion and administration generated extensive records about Qiang populations.

• Wei RiverRelated: Its capital Chang'an stood in the Wei valley, making the river part of an imperial core.

• Wiman JoseonNarrower topic: Han power made the conquest of Wiman Joseon possible.

• WokRelated: Wok-like vessels appear in archaeological evidence from this period.

• Xiang YuNarrower topic: Its foundation was the political outcome of Xiang Yu’s defeat.

• Chinese compassNarrower topic: Texts from the Han period describe lodestone devices associated with direction and divination.

• Chinese creation mythsBroader topic: Han-era writers systematized older cosmologies and transmitted creation accounts in influential compilations.

• Chinese units of measurementBroader topic: Han-era standards and surviving artifacts help document early measurement practice.

• Emperor Guangwu of HanNarrower topic: Guangwu restored this broader dynasty after the Xin interregnum.

• Empress LüNarrower topic: The dynasty’s early court was the arena in which Lü Zhi consolidated power.

• Huo QubingNarrower topic: Huo’s victories strengthened the Western Han state during its expansion.

• Imperial edictBroader topic: Han rulers used written imperial commands to govern a durable, centralized bureaucracy.

• Zhang HengNarrower topic: Its institutions and intellectual traditions shaped Zhang Heng’s world.

• Ban ZhaoNarrower topic: Ban Zhao lived and worked during the Eastern Han period.

• Burning of books and burying of scholarsCompared with: Han accounts condemned Qin’s destruction while rebuilding scholarly institutions.