Ban Zhao
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Ban Zhao was a pioneering Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, renowned as one of China’s earliest known female historians and intellectuals.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eastern Han dynasty person
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historian ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Ban Ji
NERFINISHED
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Cao Dagu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fufeng Commandery
NERFINISHED
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near present-day Xianyang, Shaanxi, China ⓘ |
| brother |
Ban Chao
NERFINISHED
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Ban Gu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Han imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
1st century
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2nd century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Ban NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Ban Biao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Confucian scholarship
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history ⓘ literature ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic literature
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historical writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese views on women’s education ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Confucian thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
authoring the didactic text Lessons for Women
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being one of the earliest known female Chinese historians ⓘ completing the Book of Han after the death of her brother Ban Gu ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 班昭 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Book of Han
NERFINISHED
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Lessons for Women NERFINISHED ⓘ Nü Jie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
court official
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historian ⓘ poet ⓘ scholar ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
imperial librarian
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tutor to women of the imperial court ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| spouse | Cao Shishu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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