Overview
Ban Si was a scholar.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 1 to AD 25 嗣雖修儒學…嗣之行己持論如此Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passages 81, 90, 92
- BC 33 to BC 7 成帝時Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 71
- BC 7 to AD 5 與從兄嗣共遊學Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 117, passage 80
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Kin of Ban Biao (班彪)elder cousin 從兄 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 80
- Child of Ban You (班斿)son 子Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 71
Places and affiliations
- Polity Western Han 西漢 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Book of Han 117, passage 80
Learning and skills
- Confucian learning 儒學Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 81
- Belief Daoist arts of Laozi and Yan Junping 老嚴之術 · Relation Adherent ofDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 81
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Author · With Huan Sheng (桓生) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 82-89
Events and relationships
- Declined to lend booksDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 82, 89
- Studied abroad with cousinDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 80
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment conducted himself and framed arguments in this Daoist-leaning manner · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 90
- Assessment won renown in his generation · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 71
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 75
References in the histories
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