Ban Gu
32 –92
Poet, Writer, Politician, Historian
Lived 60 years
- Born in
- Xianyang
- Passed away in
- Luoyang
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.
Notable works: Book of Han
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ban_Gu