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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 .
Lessons for Women (Chinese: 女誡), also translated as Admonitions for Women, Women's Precepts, or Warnings for Women, is a work by the Han dynasty female intellectual Ban Zhao (45/49–117/120 CE). As one of the Four Books for Women , Lessons had wide circulation in the late Ming and Qing dynasties (i.e. 16th–early 20th centuries).
Ban Zhao's life story was more inspiring than her writing. [4] She was a Han dynasty scholar who not only tutored an empress, but also completed an official history begun by her brother. Reformers in the 16th and 17th centuries often cited her to make the case for women's education. [4] The Four Books explicitly argues for such education.
Ban Zhao, China's first female historian, is born. 52: The Yuejue Shu was written. 57: 29 March: Guangwu died. He was succeeded by his son Emperor Ming of Han. 58: The Han chancellor Deng Yu died. 65: Ming's half brother Liu Ying converted to Buddhism. 68: The Buddhist White Horse Temple was established in Luoyang. 73: February
The Three Obediences and Four Virtues (Chinese: 三 從 四 德; pinyin: Sāncóng Sìdé; Vietnamese: Tam tòng, tứ đức) is a set of moral principles and social code of behavior for maiden and married women in East Asian Confucianism, especially in ancient and imperial China. Women were to obey their fathers, husbands, and sons, and to be ...
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The Xiongnu origins of Ban Biao on the maternal side might help explain the skills of the Ban family in dealing with matters related to China's history and foreign relations. [ 3 ] 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 ...
China’s legislature has drafted a law that would allow authorities to fine and imprison people who wear clothes that “hurt the nation’s feelings.” China considering ban on clothing that ...