（后汉书）记东汉近两百年的历史，作者范晔相当自许，曾在给他的甥侄的信中特别说到他的（后汉书）体大思精，其中的传论、序论、赞语都是奇作杰思。虽然他同时表示欲为贯古贱今的人真正知晓，故意纵情狂言，但这部书能够在当时众多的东汉史书中独占鳌头并流传于后，自有它的? (Later Han) remembers the history of nearly two hundred years in Eastern Han Dynasty. Author Fan Ye was quite self-assured. In his letter to his nephew, he spoke of his (post-Han) , Praise language is extremely curious. Although he at the same time expressed his desire to know the true and abusive people for the time being and to deliberately indulge in rage, this book can take the lead in the numerous historical books of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was later circulated in its own right.