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| | General Ban Chao and Silk Road |
 | | On his departure, the Iranian and Tocharian people (blond hair and blue eyes) of the Xinjiang oasis, who had come to respect and admire the justice of Gen. Ban Chao, and appreciated the peace and order which Han Chinese suzerainty had introduced into their countries, were filled with despair, and implored him to remain. |
 | | Ban Chao, however, returned obediently to Louyang where a new emperor, Zhangdi, was now reigning. |
 | | General Ban Chao was one of my childhood heroes and he was a Chinese hero. |
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