Ban Zhao var datter av historikeren Ban Biao, som var den som påbegynte arbeidet med Hanshu innen han døde. Ban Zhao er den første kjente kvinnelige kinesiske historikeren.
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Litteratur
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Donawerth, Jane (2002). Rhetorical Theory by Women Before 1900. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. s. 337. ISBN0-7425-1717-9.
Perkins, Dorothy (2000). Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture. First edition (1999) Dorothy Perkins and Roundtable Press. First paperback edition (2000) Roundtable Press, New York, N.Y. ISBN0-8160-2693-9 (hc); ISBN0-8160-4374-4 (pbk).
Wang, Robin (2003). Images of women in Chinese thought and culture: writings from the pre-Qin. Hackett Publishing Company.