南朝刘宋范晔编纂的《后汉书》不仅继承了司马迁、班固在史籍中专门为周边各少数民族作传的优秀传统,而且还有所发展,系统地记述了沿边及内地各少数民族的情况,及与东汉政府的关系,是研究东汉时期中国民族史的重要文献。一些史料学、目录学著作虽然列出了《后汉书》中民族传记的篇名,但并未展开研究,如潘光旦主编的《中国民族史史料汇编》分类汇集了包括《后汉书》在内的民族史史料,但未对各书的民族史史料记载情况进行分析研究。这种情况,不利于我们科学合理地利用《后汉书》 The Later Han dynasty compiled by Liu Fan of the Southern Song dynasty inherited not only the excellent tradition of Si Maqian and Ban Gu specially devoted to the ethnic minorities in the surrounding areas but also some developments that systematically described the situation of ethnic minorities along the border and in the interior and The relationship with the Eastern Han Dynasty government is an important document for studying the history of Chinese nation in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Some historiography and bibliographies listed the names of the biographies of the later Han dynasties but did not study them. For example, the “Collection of Historical Materials of Chinese Ethnic History” compiled by Pan Guangdan includes a collection of books including “The Later Han Dynasty” Historical materials of nationalities, but did not analyze the historical records of national history books. This situation is not conducive to our scientific and rational use of “Han”