Yuan Hong

This article is about the Jin dynasty (265-420) official. For the Northern Wei emperor, see Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei.

For the Chinese actor, see Justin Yuan.

Yuan Hong (Chinese: 袁宏; Wade–Giles: Yüan Hung, 328–376), courtesy name Yanbo, was a scholar, historian and politician from the Eastern Jin. He was born in Zhoukou, Henan, and served as an advisor to generals Xie Shang and Huan Wen on a number of military campaigns. But he is best known for his literary works, especially the Annals of the Later Han, which served as the basis for the more famous Book of Later Han by Fan Ye. An original collection of works by him, in thirty volumes, is no longer extant. Around twenty poems and essays have been preserved.

See also

• Book of Later Han