Rafe de Crespigny

Professor Rafe, full name: Richard Rafe Champion de Crespigny, is a retired Adjunct Professor with the China and Korea Centre, Australian National Universaty, in Canberra, Australia. He is specialised in Chinese history, geography and literature in the Later Han period. He is also been acknowledged internationally as a pioneer in the translation and historiography of historical material concerning the Three Kingdoms period.

During his early years as a scholar he developed an interest in the Later Han via the classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms, by Luo Guanzhong.

Work
Dr. Rafe is the author of numerous books about the Later Han period of China.


 * Northern Frontier: The Policies and Strategy of the Later Han Empire A book focussing on policies and strategies of the Later Han.
 * Generals of the South A book about the Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Sun Quan.
 * To Establish Peace A partial translation of Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian.
 * A Biographical Dictionary of the Later Han Contains biographies of people of the Later Han.

Historical Sources
These historical Chinese works are known to have been used by Dr. Rafe in his work.


 * Hou Hanji
 * Hou Hanshu
 * Sanguo Zhi
 * Zizhi Tongjian