Ban Biao (Chinese: 班彪; Wade-Giles: Pan Piao, 3CE—54 CE), born in Xianyang, Shaanxi, was a Chinese historian, and an officer of the Han Dynasty. He began the Book of Han, which was completed by his son, Ban Gu and daughter Ban Zhao. Ban Gu's brother was a general named Ban Chao. Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Events By place Roman Empire The rule of Augustus is renewed for a ten-year period. ... The Common Era (CE), sometimes known as the Current Era or as the Christian Era, is the period of measured time beginning with the year 1 on the Gregorian calendar. ... Events October 13 - Roman Empire emperor Claudius dies after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece. ... Xianyang (Simplified Chinese: 咸阳; Traditional Chinese: 咸陽; pinyin: ) was the capital of the state of Qin during the Warring States Period in Chinese history, and remained to be capital during the short-lived Qin Dynasty. ... A historian is someone who writes history, and history is a written accounting of the past. ... The Han Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Han Chau; 206 BC–AD 220) followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. ... The Book of Han (Chinese: 漢書/汉书) is a classic Chinese historical writing covering the history of Western Han from 206 BC to 25. ... Ban Gu (班固, Wade-Giles Pan Ku) was a 1st century Chinese historian. ... Ban Zhao (Chinese:çæ˜; Wade-Giles:Pan Chao, c. ...
Ban Zhao was born in the later Han Dynasty in China.
Her father BanBiao (died 54CE) was an official historian to the imperial court, and had access to earlier histories and important primary source records.
Ban Zhao's background as a Confucian scholar allowed her to complete her brother's history of the early Han Dynasty and also made her a valuable advisor to the Dowager Empress in the early first century CE.
Ban Jieyu of the Han dynasty lost favor and was sent to live (in the outer quarters); this was the regret (like that of) a round fan in an autumn wind.
Ban Gu, with his father BanBiao (previous footnote), was the principal author of æ¼¢æ¸ The History of the (Former) Han.
Ban Zhao, daughter of BanBiao, is most famous for her essay Nü Jie (女誡), Lessons for Women (see translation by Nancy Lee Swan in The Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Poetry, p.534ff; compare with Cai Yong's Nü Xun).
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