Ban Gu
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Ban Gu was a Chinese historian, poet, and politician best known for his part in compiling the Book of Han, the second of China's 24 dynastic histories. He also wrote a number of fu, a major literary f
Ban Gu, 1st-century Chinese poet, historian, and compiler of the Book of Han
CMOC Treasures of Ancient China exhibit painted figure of a cavalryman, horse detail
Ban Zhao
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Ban Zhao, courtesy name Huiban, was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician. She was the first known female Chinese historian and, along with Pamphile of Epidaurus, one of the first known fem
Ban Gu
…A few volumes of his book in 13–20th (eight chronological charts) and 26th (astronomical biography), however, was completed by his younger sister, Ban Zhao, and became a model for many other works about later dynasties. Ban's twin brother Ban Chao was a famous military leader and explorer of Central Asia…
Ban Zhao, as painted by Gai Qi, 1799
Ban Zhao as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, preface 1690) by Jin Guliang
Image of Ban Zhao by Shangguan Zhou (上官周, b. 1665)