Ban Chao
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Statue of Ban Chao in Kashgar
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| Chinese | 班超 | ||||||||
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| Zhongsheng (courtesy name) |
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| Chinese | 仲升 | ||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Bān Chāo |
| Wade–Giles | Pan Ch'ao |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhòngshēng |
| Wade–Giles | Chung-sheng |
Ban Chao (32–102 CE), courtesy name Zhongsheng, was a Chinese general, explorer and diplomat of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was born in Fufeng, now Xianyang, Shaanxi. Three of his family members — father Ban Biao, elder brother Ban Gu, younger sister Ban Zhao — were well known historians who wrote the historical text Book of Han, which recorded the history of the Western Han Dynasty. As a Han general and cavalry commander, Ban Chao was in charge of administrating the "Western Regions" (Central Asia) while he was in service. He also led Han forces for over 30 years in the war against the Xiongnu and secured Han control over the Tarim Basin region. He was awarded the title "Protector General of the Western Regions" by the Han government for his efforts in protecting and governing the regions.
Ban Chao, like his predecessors Huo Qubing and Wei Qing from the Former Han Dynasty before him, was effective at expelling the Xiongnu from the Tarim Basin, and brought the various people of the Western Regions under Chinese rule during the second half of the 1st century CE, helping to open and secure the trade routes to the west. He was generally outnumbered, but skillfully played on the divisions among his opponents. The kingdoms of Khotan and Kashgar came under Chinese rule by A.D. 74. "Pan Ch'ao crushed fresh rebellions in Kashgar (80,87) and Yarkand (88), and made the Wusun of the Ili his allies.".
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