Ban Bo (班伯) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ban Bo was an official Scholar and Envoy.

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Ban	班生

Cause Illness · Age Value: 38 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 65

BC 33 to BC 7 成帝之世
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passages 14, 18
BC 33 to BC 7 成帝時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passages 54, 60, 65
BC 28 to BC 25 河平中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passages 23, 25

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Ban You (班斿)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passages 16, 278
Sibling of Ban Zhi (班穉)
brother 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 278
Child of Ban Kuang (班況)
fathered 生
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 16
Sibling of Ban Zhi (班稚)
Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 16
Sibling of Ban Jieyu (班婕妤)
Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passages 14, 16

governor of Dingxiang 定襄太守
BC 28 to BC 25 河平中 · Appointed
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 25
Chief Commandant of Waters and Parks 水衡都尉
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 60
Palace Attendant 中常侍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 18
Palace Attendant and Grand Counselor of the Household 侍中光祿大夫
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 38
Palace Attendant 侍中
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 54, 60
Privy Coachman 奉車都尉
Promoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 20

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fully two thousand piculs 中二千石
Salary rank
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 60

Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 54
At northern frontier 北邊
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 22

Study Documents and Analects 尚書、論語 · At Jinhua Palace 金華殿
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 19
Study Book of Odes 詩 · Teacher Person Id Shi Dan (師丹)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 17

Book of Odes 詩
Relation Quoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 49-50
Documents 書
Relation Quoted
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 45
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0030
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 30
Memorial · Author · Paraphrased · Extent s0034
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 34
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0045, s0046
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 45-46
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Extent s0048, s0049, s0050
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 48-50

Arrested bandits
Legal · Governor · At Dingxiang 定襄
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 31-32
Conveyed imperial instructions to ministers
Political · Envoy
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 62
Escorted emperor to eastern palace
Court · Attendant
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 61
Pleaded illness
BC 18 許皇后廢後 · Political · Courtier
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 39
Suffered stroke
Medical · Patient
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 38
Visited ancestral tombs
Ritual · Descendant · At Dingxiang 定襄
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 34-36

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Volunteered
Administrative · Acting governor · At Dingxiang 定襄
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 24-25
Welcomed
BC 28 to BC 25 河平中 · Diplomatic · Envoy · With Chanyu (單于) · At below the passes 塞下
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 23

Assessment blunt straight speech · Mode speaker-judgment Speaker Emperor Cheng of Han (漢成帝)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 51
Assessment handsome; lucid lecturer · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 18
Assessment uncannily effective · Mode public-reputation
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 32
wind stroke; bedridden for years
Illness
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 38
Item several hundred pounds of gold 數百金 · Relation Distributed to kin
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 36