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Key facts
- Born
- AD 32, Anling, Fufeng County, Han dynasty , (now Xianyang , Shaanxi )
- Died
- AD 92 (aged 59 – 60)
- Other name
- Mengjian
- Occupations
- Historian, poet, politician
- Known for
- Book of Han
- Relatives
- Ban Biao (father), Consort Ban (grand-aunt), Ban Chao (brother), Ban Zhao (sister)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ban
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Eastern Han
- Place of birth
- Xianyang
- Place of death
- Luoyang
- Father
- Ban Biao
- Sibling
- Ban Zhao
- Occupation
- historian
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- Confucianism
- Notable work
- Book of Han
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Ban Gu.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0032-01-01
- date of death
- 0092-01-01
- described by source
- Dongguan Han Ji
- name in native language
- 班固
- name in kana
- はん こ
- courtesy name
- 孟堅
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- Ban Gu
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese孟堅 Simplified Chinese孟坚 Literal meaning孟(first of siblings)堅(sturdy, similar meaning to given name "固")
Ban Gu (AD 32–92) 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.
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