Ban Gu
Historical Figure

Ban Gu

Chinese historian, politician and poet (AD 32–92)

About Ban Gu

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 form, part prose and part poetry, which is particularly associated with the Han era. A number of Ban's fu were collected by Xiao Tong in the Wen Xuan.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Dynasty202 BCE – 220 CE

Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty ruled China for over 400 years (with a brief Xin Dynasty interruption), establishing Confucianism as state ideology, expanding the Silk Road, and creating the foundations of Chinese imperial culture.