Name Ban Biao Role Poet | Died 54 AD, China | |
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Children Ban Gu, Ban Zhao, Ban Chao Books Wang Mang: A Translation of the Official Account of His Rise to Power as Given in the History of the Former Han Dynasty, with Introd. and Notes Similar People | ||
Ban Biao (Chinese: 班彪; pinyin: Bān Biāo; Wade–Giles: Pan Piao, 3–54), courtesy name (Chinese: 叔皮; pinyin: Shūpí; Wade–Giles: Shupi), was a Chinese historian, and an official born in what is now Xianyang, Shaanxi during the Han Dynasty. He was the nephew of Consort Ban, a famous poet and concubine to Emperor Cheng.
Ban Biao began the Book of Han, which was completed by his son, Ban Gu and daughter Ban Zhao while their brother Ban Chao was a famous general who contributed his stories to expand the Book of Han.
Ban Biao and his descendants
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