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| | Ban Zhao |
 | | Ban Zhao (old spelling: Pan Chao) was born in the provinces to a family of scholars that had been involved for three generations with the Chinese emperor's court. |
| | Zhao had two elder brothers, twins at least 13 years older than she: Ban Gu, who would become a courtier poet and the major author of Han shu, a history of the first 200 years of Han dynasty China; and Ban Chao, who would become a general, winning important battles on China's northwest frontier. |
| | Nearly 50 years old, Ban Zhao went with her son to his minor post in the provinces; one brother had been executed, another was on the frontier, and she had no way of knowing if she would ever see the capital again. |
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