Late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
Not to be confused with her brother Ban Chao.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Ban.
Ban Zhao
Ban Zhao, as painted by Gai Qi, 1799
Born
AD 45 or 49
Anling, near Xianyang, Han China
Died
120 (aged 70–71)
China
Spouse
Cao Shishu
Parent
Ban Biao
Relatives
Ban Chao (brother) Ban Gu (brother)
Ban Zhao
Chinese
班昭
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Bān Zhāo
Wade–Giles
Pan1 Chao1
IPA
[pán ʈʂáʊ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Bāan Chīu
Jyutping
Baan1 Ciu1
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
/pˠant͡ɕiᴇu/
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese
惠班
Literal meaning
Ban the Kind
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Huìbān
Wade–Giles
Hui4-Pan1
IPA
[xwêɪ.pán]
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
/ɦweiHpˠan/
Second alternative Chinese name
Chinese
曹大家
Literal meaning
Venerable Madame Cao
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Cáo Dàgū
Middle Chinese
Middle Chinese
/d͡zɑudɑiHkuo/
Ban Zhao (Chinese: 班昭; 45 or 49 – c. 117/120 CE), courtesy name Huiban (Chinese: 惠班), 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 female historians. She completed her brother Ban Gu's work on the history of the Western Han, the Book of Han. She also wrote Lessons for Women, an influential work on women's conduct. She also had great interest in astronomy and mathematics and wrote poems, commemorative writings, argumentations, commentaries, essays and several longer works,[1] not all of which survive. She became China's most famous female scholar[2] and an instructor of Taoist sexual practices for the imperial family.[3] Ban Zhao is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.
^Wang 2003, p. 177
^Perkins 2000, p. 25
^Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History By Susan L. Mann page 88
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the ban imposed on her was partially lifted. Born and brought up in Wuhu, Anhui, Zhao is the second child to Zhao Jiahai (Chinese: 赵家海; pinyin: Zhào Jiāhǎi)...
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Xianyang, Shaanxi. Three of his family members—father Ban Biao, elder brother Ban Gu, younger sister BanZhao—were well known historians who wrote the historical...
or Warnings for Women, is a work by the Han dynasty female intellectual BanZhao (45/49–117/120 CE). As one of the Four Books for Women, Lessons had wide...
practice sexual propriety, proper speech, modest appearance, and hard work. BanZhao, a Confucian disciple, writes in her book Precepts for Women that a woman's...
and feminine works." BanZhao, Lessons for Women, quoted in Book of Later Han "vol. 84: Biographies of Exemplary Women - BanZhao" quote: "女有四行，一曰婦德，二曰婦言，三曰婦容，四曰婦功。"...
and with the liberty to treat men as her equals. BanZhao was the daughter of Ban Biao and sister of Ban Gu, both historians during the Han dynasty. Whereas...
composed by Ban Gu (32–92 CE), an Eastern Han court official, with the help of his sister BanZhao, continuing the work of their father, Ban Biao. They...
Xunzi Yang Zhu Yuan Xian Zhang Yi Zhuang Zhou Zichan Zisi Zou Yan Qin Han BanZhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong...
Duowen Tang in 1624. The four books are: Lessons for Women (Nǚjiè) by BanZhao Women's Analects (Nǚ lúnyǔ) by Song Ruoshen and Song Ruozhao Domestic Lessons...
Changpeng Zhao (Chinese: 赵长鹏; pinyin: Zhào Chángpéng), commonly known as CZ, is a Chinese-born Canadian businessman. Zhao is the co-founder and former...
with Ban Shu. Deng Sha as Yao Juan BanZhao's renowned disciple. A scholar in the palace academy. She loves Huo Heng, and is a close friend of Ban Shu...
foreign relations. Ban Biao began the Book of Han, which was completed by his son, Ban Gu and daughter BanZhao while their brother Ban Chao was a famous...
Xunzi Yang Zhu Yuan Xian Zhang Yi Zhuang Zhou Zichan Zisi Zou Yan Qin Han BanZhao Dong Zhongshu Dongfang Shuo Dou Wu Huan Tan Jia Yi Jia Kui Jing Fang Kong...
period, the influential Confucian text Lessons for Women was written by BanZhao (45–114 CE) to instruct her daughters how to be proper Confucian wives...
Records of the Grand Historian, vol. 9 (on or around 94 BCE). Ban Biao, Ban Gu, and BanZhao. Book of Han, vol. 2 (111 CE). Sima Guang, et al. Zizhi Tongjian...
Lucania (3rd century BCE) Diotima of Mantinea (appears in Plato's Symposium) BanZhao (c. 35–100)D2 Sosipatra of Ephesus (4th century CE) Xie Daoyun (before...
explaining the many benefits of foreigners to Qin including "the sultry girls of Zhao." The king relented and, impressed with Li Si's rhetoric, promoted him. The...
cultures and historical periods, including Aristotle, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, BanZhao, Suleiman the Magnificent, and Florence Nightingale. One chapter is based...
and encouraged original thinking, giving way to philosophers such as BanZhao, one of China's first known female historians and philosophers, who served...
the dancing girl Zhao Feiyan and her sister Zhao Hede. They were both made concubines and he favored them over Empress Xu and Consort Ban. In 18 BCE both...
student of Guan Yunshi and Ban Weizhi, and Yang Weizhen, who included her work in Xian' ge ji, called her the heiress of BanZhao. List of Female Calligraphers...
Wayback Machine." Xia dynasty brief history. Retrieved on 2010-09-18. Ban Gu; BanZhao; Ban Biao. "on Regulations and Calendars B"". Hanshu. Archived from the...
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