Overview
Ban Chao was a general.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 73 to AD 102 定遠Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 117, passage 259
- AD 73 to AD 102 東漢永平至永元Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 33, passage 75
- AD 73 to AD 102 班超Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 146, passage 166
Key source chapters
- Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 33 Volume 33 Biographies 25: Xiao Yuanming; Xiao Zhi (Liang); Xiao Tui; Xiao Fang (Liang); Xu Zhicai 1 passage
- Book of Jin, Chapter 117 Volume 117 Records 17: Yao Xing Part One 1 passage
- History of Yuan, Chapter 146 Volume 146 Biographies 33: Yelü Chucai, Zhanhezhongshan, Yang Weizhong 1 passage
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Jin 117, passage 259; History of Yuan 146, passage 166
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Paraphrased · Mode allusion Speaker Yelü Chucai (耶律楚材)Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 146, passage 166
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment lofty exemplar of frontier generalship · Assessor Person Id Zong Chang (宗敞) · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zong Chang (宗敞)Directly stated · Book of Jin 117, passage 259
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Yuan 146, passage 166
References in the histories
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