Book of Han is the first dynasty history of China, written by Ban Gu, covering the history of China under the Western Han from 206 BCE to 25 CE. Book of the Later Han is one of the official Chinese historical works which was compiled by Fan Ye in the 5th century, using a number of earlier histories and documents as sources. It covers the history of Eastern Han from 25 to 220 CE. The Records of Three Kingdoms is the official and authoritative historical text on the period of Three Kingdoms covering from 189 to 280, written by Chen Shou in the 3rd century. This three are the "Four Histories" of the Twenty-Four Histories canon, ogether with the Records of the Grand Historian.