Consort Ban (c. 48 BCE? — c. 6 BCE), or Ban Jieyu, (Chinese: 班婕妤; pinyin: Bān Jiéyú; Wade–Giles: Pan Chieh-yü, and also known as Lady Pan) was a Chinese scholar and poet during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 23 CE). Jieyu was a title for a concubine, her personal name is not known.
Read more about Consort Ban: Life, Poems, Inclusion in The Lienü Zhuan
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