In ancient times, there were many talented women, but there were very few who really contributed to the country, and very few people imprisoned the thoughts of some people with a book.
Ban Zhao, zi hui ban, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his father Ban Biao was a famous scholar at that time, the author of the "Book of Han" by the eldest brother Ban Gu, and the second brother Ban Chao made the Western Regions in his lifetime. Ban Zhao was influenced by his father and brother since he was a child, he liked history very much, and when he was very young, he read many history books, laying the foundation for the continuation of the Hanshu in the later period, because the eldest brother Ban Gu was implicated in the douxian rebellion and died in prison, leaving the unfinished Hanshu with hatred and death, and the responsibility for continuing to write the Hanshu fell on Ban Zhao's shoulders.
Ban Zhao married at the age of 14, and not long after her husband died, leaving Ban Zhao and his son to rely on each other, while taking care of their sons and serving their in-laws. After Ban Gu's death, her sister Ban Zhao took on the responsibility of continuing to write the Book of Han, and she worked day and night to sort out her father's and brother's manuscripts and complete the works of the Book of Han. Emperor Han and Emperor admired Ban Zhaocai and ordered her to enter the palace as a teacher for the concubines and teach them rules and etiquette.
In the 12th year of Han He Emperor, Ban Chao, who had been on an envoy to the Western Regions for more than thirty years, requested to return to the Great Han Dynasty, because Ban Chao had been in the Western Regions for a long time, and his lofty prestige made Han and Emperor dilemma. Ban Zhao knew that after writing to Han and the emperor, his words were earnest, his brother was nearly 70 years old, even if he had the heart to serve the country, he was unable to do so, not to mention that most of the people who went on a mission with his brother had died, Ban Chao ran in the desert when he was young, and sacrificed his youth and blood to maintain the peace of the Great Han, and when he was old, if the bones were left in the western region, the scene was very sad, Han and the emperor were very touched to see Ban Zhao's performance, and allowed him to return to his hometown, ban Chao returned to the Han Dynasty two years later and died.
After Empress Deng presided over the government, she especially appreciated Ban Zhao's talent and allowed Ban Zhao to participate in politics, and Ban Zhao did not disappoint the empress dowager, handling the government affairs in an orderly manner, and in order to reward Ban Zhao, she made an exception and gave Ban Zhao's son the title of official. The empress dowager's brothers asked to resign, Empress Deng did not want to let her go, Ban Zhao first praised the empress dowager, and said that the four uncles of the country were loyal and filial, and now they were going to abdicate and let Xian return to their hometown, which reflected their integrity and was also their loyal side, Empress Deng adopted Ban Zhao's advice, and the four uncles were able to return to their hometown.
Ban Zhao continued to write the Book of Han and then wrote the famous "Female Commandment" in history, the content of this book is a textbook that teaches women to abide by the way of women, in the book women should be three from four virtues, to take men as heaven, men can remarry, women can not remarry, because Ban Zhao's "Women's Commandments", the impact on the world is quite large, so that the status of Chinese women has been in a low position for more than a thousand years. After the daughter's admonition, Ban Zhao went to Henan with her son to live, and when Ban Zhao died, Empress Deng removed her jewelry and put on light makeup to express her condolences, and ordered someone to give Ban Zhao a beautiful funeral.
Ban Zhao was the first female historian in history and made outstanding contributions to the Han Dynasty, but the female commandments she made made women inferior for thousands of years, encircled women's own thoughts, and could not say much about everything and could not resist, with men as the center, it was extremely sad that women in the feudal period could not control their own destiny