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Ban Chao, born in Pingling County, Fufeng County, is the youngest son of Ban Biao, the county magistrate of Xu County. He is ambitious and informal, but he has a good moral character. He is not ashamed to do hard work at home. Ban Chao was eloquent and read many books extensively.
In the fifth year of Emperor Yongping of the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao's brother Ban Gu was recruited by the imperial court to be a school book boy, and he followed his brother to Luoyang with his mother. Because of his poor family, he was often employed by the government to make a living by copying books, which lasted for a long time and was very hard.
He once stopped working, threw his pen aside and sighed: "As a gentleman, although he has no outstanding strategy, he should always learn from Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, who have made great achievements abroad, in order to be promoted. How can he always do this pen and ink for a living?" Colleagues around him laughed at this. Ban Chao said, "How can ordinary people understand the mind of people with lofty ideals and benevolence?"
Later, he went to see a fortune-teller, who said to him, "Dear elder, although you are an ordinary scholar, you will be sealed off from thousands of miles away in the future." Ban Chao wanted to find out. The fortune teller pointed to him and said, "You have a swallow-like chin and a tiger-like head and neck. Swallows can fly and tigers eat meat. This is the fate of Wan Li."
After a long time, Ming Di once asked Ban Gu, "Where is your brother now?" Ban Gu replied, "I'm helping the government copy books to support my mother." So Ming Di appointed Ban Chao as the official of Lantai, and later he was relieved of his post because of his mistakes.
Introduction
Ban Chao is ambitious and doesn't bother with details, but he is respectful and considerate. He speaks eloquently and reads widely. Unwilling to copy documents for the government, he joined the army, attacked the northern Xiongnu with Dou Gu, and was ordered to go to the western regions. In thirty-one years, he conquered more than 5 countries in the western regions and made great contributions to the return of the western regions. Officials protect the western regions, and they are named as "Ban Dingyuan" in the world.