Ban Chao, whose real name is Zhongsheng, was born in Pingling, Fufeng, the son of nirvana in fire, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, and the brother of Ban Gu, the author of Hanshu. Young people are ambitious and do not take small steps. Filial piety, often working hard at home, not ashamed to ask questions. There is an oral debate, which involves a wide range of books. In the fifth year of Yongping, my brother Ban Gu was called to Beijing as a school bookboy, and Ban Chao accompanied his mother. Because of her poor family, Ban Chao copied documents for the imperial court and adopted her mother. He once threw a pen and sighed: "A gentleman has no ambition. He should still play for Zhang Qian and Fu Jiezi, and make meritorious service to get the title. Can he be safe for a long time? " In the 16th year of Yongping (73), when Dou Gu crusaded against the Huns, he was appointed as a pseudo-Sima, with many meritorious military service. Seeing that Ban Chao was very talented, Dou Gu sent him to the Western Regions with Guo Yao. The purpose of Ban Chao's mission to the Western Regions was to restore the rule of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions. Ban Chao only brought 36 people. When they arrived in Shanshan, the state respected them very much. But before long, King Shanshan's attitude suddenly cooled down, and Ban Chao learned that he was a Xiongnu messenger by tricking the waiter. Ban Chao mobilized 36 attaché s with the idea of "Nothing ventured, nothing gained", and attacked the Huns' emissary in the evening, urging the wavering King Shanshan to join the Eastern Han Dynasty and kowtow to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ming Di joined King Shanshan, promoted Ban Chao as the military commander, and continued to go to the Western Regions. Ban Chao led his entourage from the south road along the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain to Khotan. At that time, the Huns sent envoys to guard their country. King Khotan paid little courtesy to Ban Chao, listened to the words of the sorcerer, and forced Ban Chao to offer sacrifices to God. Ban Chao killed the wizard and deterred King Khotan. King Khotan killed Xiongnu and attached Han. Soon, Shule and shache surrendered. In the third year of Yongyuan (9 1), the Han army was defeated by Xiongnu, and the main force of the northern Xiongnu marched westward. Ban Chao was appointed as the governor of the western regions. Since then, Yan Qi, Wei Li and Xu Wei have surrendered one after another, and the Western Regions are once again under the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Ban Chao's works will lead him to the distant future. In the 14th year of Yongyuan (102), he returned to Luoyang due to old age and died in the same year at the age of 7 1.

Ban Chao's thirty-year mission to the Western Regions restored the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the exchanges between China and the West, which enabled the economic and cultural exchanges between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Regions to continue to develop. Ban Chao went to the Western Regions, and in the 9th year of Yongyuan (97), he sent Gan Ying to Daqin. Although it didn't succeed, it contributed to the future communication between Europe and Asia. Ban Chao's great achievements will go down in history forever.

Ban Chao, whose real name is Zhong Sheng, is from Fufeng Anling, the youngest son of Ban Biao, the magistrate of Xu County. He is ambitious and informal. But I am filial in my heart. I do some hard work diligently at home, and I am not ashamed of being tired and humble. Eloquent, he likes to browse books and pass notes. In the fifth year of Yongping (AD 63), his brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school book boy, and Ban Chao went to Luoyang with his mother. Poor family, often employed by the government to copy books, with their own income to support their mothers. Tired and hard for a long time, I stopped what I was doing, slammed my pen and sighed, "A gentleman has no ambition. He should also follow the example of Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, make meritorious service in a foreign country and get a title. How can he spend a long time between the pen and the inkstone? " Colleagues made fun of him. Ban Chao said: "How can a teenager know the ambition of a strong man!" Later, he went to see the fortune teller, and the fortune teller said, "Sir, you are only a man in a cloth, but you will be sealed away in the future." Ban Chao asked about its shape: "Its forehead is like a swallow, its neck is like a tiger, and it flies and eats meat. This is what the post-Wanli looks like. " After a long time, Xian Zong asked Ban Gu, "Where is your brother?" Ban Gu replied, "He is copying books for the government and earning some money to support his mother." Xianzong appointed Ban Chao as the official history of Lantai. Later, Ban Chao was relieved of his post because of his own fault.

In the 16th year of Yongping (AD 74), Dou Gu, a captain of Che Feng, sent troops to crusade against the Huns, taking Ban Chao as the agent, and asked him to lead an army to attack Yiwu and fight in the Prehai, killing many enemies. Dou Gu thought Ban Chao was very talented, so he sent him to the Western Regions with Guo Yao.

When Ban Chao arrived in Shanshan, the light king of Shanshan received him respectfully and politely, and then suddenly became cold. Ban Chao said to his men, "Do you feel that courtesy in a broad sense is weak? This must be because of the arrival of a Hun messenger, who hesitated and didn't know what to do. Smart people can see things that have not yet been warned, let alone obvious facts? " Then he called the Hu people to cheat, saying, "The Xiongnu emissary has been here for several days. Where is it now? " The waiter was frightened and told the whole story. Ban Chao locked up the waiter and called all his 36 subordinates together for a drink. When he was happy, Ban Chao angered them with words: "You and we are in a very remote place, and we want to make great contributions to prosperity. Now that the Xiongnu emissary has only been here for a few days, Wang Guang of Shanshan has cancelled his courtesy. If he arrests us and gives us to the Huns, our bones will be fed to the jackals forever. What do you think? " The subordinates all said, "Now we are in danger, and we will obey Sima's orders." Ban Chao said, "You can't catch a little tiger until you reach the tiger hole. At present, the only way is to attack the Huns with fire at night so that they don't know how many people we have. They must be very scared. We can wipe them out. With the elimination of the Huns, King Shanshan will be frightened and make a career. " The subordinate said, "We should discuss it with the employees." Ban Chao said angrily, "Whether it is good or bad depends on today. As a weak and mediocre official, listening to our plan will inevitably reveal the secret out of fear. If you die without praise, you are not a hero. " Everyone said, "Good!" As soon as it got dark, Ban Chao led his men to the camp of Xiongnu emissary. At this time, a strong wind blew. Ban Chao told 10 people to hide behind the Xiongnu messenger's barracks with drums, and agreed to say, "When you see the fire, you all beat the drums and shout loudly." The rest, armed with bows and arrows, lay in ambush on both sides of the camp gate. Ban Chao set fire to the wind, beating drums and shouting before and after, and the Huns were scared into a mess. Ban Chao personally killed three people, and his men killed more than 30 Xiongnu messengers and soldiers, all of whom were beheaded. The remaining 100 people were all burned to death. The next day, I went back and told Guo Yao the situation. Guo Yao began to be surprised and immediately changed his face. Knowing that he meant to share the credit, Ban Chao raised his hand and said to Guo Yao, "Although you didn't go to defeat the enemy together, how can I bear to monopolize the credit?" Guo Yao is happy. Ban Chao then summoned him to show him the heads of the Xiongnu messengers, which shocked the whole country. Ban Chao told them about it and comforted them. So King Shanshan sent his son to the Han Dynasty as a hostage. Ban Chao came back to report to Dou Gu, and Dou Gu was overjoyed. He described in detail Ban Chao's contribution to the Ming emperor, and asked to send another emissary to the Western Regions. Emperor Hanming praised Ban Chao's integrity and ordered Dou Gu to say, "If there are officials like Ban Chao, why not send them and choose someone else?" ? Now, Ban Chao is appointed as the Military Department Sima, so that he can complete his previous achievements. "Ban Chao was sent to the western regions again. Dou Gu wants to send more soldiers to Ban Chao. Ban Chao said, "I just want to take more than 30 people with me. If something happens, it will be more troublesome if there are more people. "

At this time, Yugu Wang Guangde had just breached shache, and he was a hero in the southern part of the Western Regions. The Huns sent messengers to monitor their country. When Ban Chao went to the Western Regions, Qi arrived first. King Guangde was cold to him and extremely thoughtless of his manners. And the custom of this country believes in witchcraft. The wizard said, "The man of God lost his temper. Why did he want to get close to the Han Dynasty? There is a messenger of the Han dynasty? Horse, bring it to me quickly. " King Guangde sent someone to ask Ban Chao for a horse. Ban Chao secretly understood this situation and promised to give him the horse and let the wizard lead the horse himself. After a while, the wizard came, and Ban Chao immediately cut off his head and gave it to King Guangde, and scolded him with words. King Guangde was very frightened when he heard that Ban Chao had killed the Xiongnu emissary in Shanshan, so he killed the Xiongnu emissary and surrendered to Ban Chao. Ban Chao rewarded King Guangde and his men to pacify Yugo.

Ban Chao (32- 102), a native of Fufeng Anling (now northeast of Xianyang, Shaanxi), his father Ban Biao, his brother Ban Gu and his sister Ban Zhao all have literary names. Ban Chao's family was poor when he was a child. His younger brother, Ban Gu, is called the school book boy. Ban Chao and his mother came to Luoyang with their younger brother. Ban Chao copied books for the imperial court to support his family. After a long period of hard work, he once threw his pen away and sighed, "A gentleman has other ambitions. He should make contributions to Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian in order to win the championship. Can he stay long? " , then cast a pen to join the army.

In the 16th year of Yongping, Ming Di (73), Dou Gu made a northern expedition to Xiongnu, and made great contributions in the battle between Ban Chao and Xiongnu in Prehai (now Bakou Lake, Xinjiang). Thirty-six officials were ordered to be sent to countries in the western regions to recruit Shanshan (whose real name was Loulan, near Ruoqiang, Xinjiang), Khotan (now Hotan, Xinjiang) and Shule (now Kashgar, Xinjiang) one by one. In the third year of Yonghe (9 1), more than 50 countries in the western regions all surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and the western regions were decided. Ban Chao was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Western Regions and stationed in Kuqa (now Kuqa, Xinjiang). In the seventh year of Yongyuan (95), he was appointed as a distant Hou. In the 14th year of Yongyuan (102), he returned to Luoyang due to the recurrence of his old illness. He was worshipped as the shooting captain, and he was ill that year. During his thirty-one years in the Western Regions, Ban Chao made outstanding contributions to safeguarding China's frontier defense, ensuring the safety of people of all ethnic groups, ensuring the smooth flow of the Silk Road and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.