[Ban Zhao was ordered to bury himself in the Dongguan Library for more than ten years, and received the cold in the dead of night, and also tasted the loneliness of being lonely and uninhabited. But in order to live up to her mission, she never minded.

Firm as her, sitting in the forest of books, picking up literature, poor for many years, tireless, never relaxed for a moment.

The cold comes and the summer comes, the spring goes and the autumn comes. Ban Zhao's life experience is becoming richer and richer, and the accumulation of reading is also becoming more and more profound.

It's just that there are unforeseen circumstances, and her eldest brother Ban Gu was arrested for being involved in the rebellion of the general Dou Xian, and died in prison soon after. Ban Gu was ordered to compile the Book of Han, and the "Eight Tables" and "Astronomical Chronicles" had not yet been completed.

Emperor Han He was grateful for the difficulty of the Ban family, so he summoned Ban Zhao, who was about to reach the year of the Mandate of Heaven, to continue to complete the unfinished business of his brother Ban Gu. 】

[The original manuscript of the Book of Han was so scattered that it was "impossible to synthesize", and Ban Zhao had to spend a lot of time and energy to reformat and correct errors in the original manuscript of the Book of Han.

In the vast sea of materials, she tried her best to sort out, carefully selected, after countless days and nights, finally completed the compilation of the "Eight Tables", and left the vicissitudes of a hundred years for the world with her talent. 】

[It's just that when the "Eight Tables" was completed, Ban Zhao was exhausted and unable to continue, so the "Astronomical Chronicles" had to be completed by others.

However, the Book of Han has many ancient texts and exhortations, and the wording is profound, and few people understand it.

In order to inherit history, the imperial court selected ten talented people to "bow down to your Excellency and read from Zhao". 】

[In the small pavilion of the palace, the talented students are sitting in danger, listening attentively, Ban Zhao, a female teacher with both ability and political integrity, is generous and eloquent, like a "Confucian female saint".

Mencius once said, "Fish, I can do what I want; Bear's paws, as well as I want. You can't have both, and you can't give up the fish and take the bear's paw. ”

Everyone's life is like this, and when faced with a choice, it is difficult to achieve the best of both worlds, only to make trade-offs.

Ban Zhao gave up the stability in front of him, endured several years of silence, and continued to supplement the survey history books with full patience and tenacious perseverance, leaving a strong mark in Chinese history. 】

When Liu Xiu saw this, he couldn't help but agree: "Ban Zhao is really a strange woman!" ”

"The Ban family is full of loyalty, even if the daughter is also a pillar of the country, it is really admirable!"

[Ban Chao's other elder brother, Ban Chao, threw his pen from Rong, fought in a foreign land, won the battle, attacked and won, killed the Huns, stabilized the border, and made great achievements for the Han Dynasty.

But for the sake of the country, he lived in a remote place for 31 years, and when he was old and weak, Ban Chao's situation was already miserable.

"The bird flies back to its hometown, and the fox will be the first hill when it dies", he is very heartfelt, but he is still thrown into the wilderness.

As a last resort, he asked someone to bring the book to the emperor.

But his long-cherished wish to "see his homeland" was lost in the sea, and three years later, it was not granted. 】

[Hearing this, Brother Ban Zhaozhu was heartfelt, regardless of the strict authority of the emperor, and presented a piece of paper that was rumored to be a peerless treasure and a political macro in a few words: "All the people who are with each other at any time have passed away; The longest age, now and seventy, old and sick, hair is not black, hands are not kind, ears and eyes are not smart, the cane is able to walk, although he wants to do all his strength, in order to repay the grace of heaven, forcing the child to twilight, dogs and horsesteeth, what can I do about it? ”

Ban Zhao made a statement, his words were sincere, and he was affectionate and reasonable to Han and Emperor Xiao.

At the beginning of the book, it was also mentioned that because of "Lai Meng's Majesty God", Ban Chao achieved great achievements, and he also thanked the emperor for his kindness when describing his loyal ministers and good generals, and the words were not exaggerated, and won the hearts of the people.

At the same time, she also analyzed in detail that the recall of Banchao is conducive to the stability and strength of the country, and her words are conclusive but not out of proportion.

In the end, she mentioned her brother's health with great concern, and there was no trace of resentment between her words, but the meaning of her fist was obvious to everyone.

After reading this recital, which not only showed the virtue of the king but also comforted the heart of the generals, Emperor Han He couldn't help but be moved, and immediately ordered the recall of the dying Ban Chao. 】

[It's just that Ban Zhao didn't expect that Ban Chao died of a sudden illness just over a month after returning to his hometown.

Although it is painful, at least Ban Chao's wish of "the bird flies against his hometown, and the fox must be the first hill when he dies" has been realized.

But for Ban Zhao, it is really sad that his relatives are separated from heaven and earth. 】

[However, Ban Zhao's reputation in later generations is somewhat mixed, which has something to do with her other book "The Female Ring". 】

"That's not right! "The Female Ring" is precisely the book that brought Ban's fame to the peak! ”

"Women's rings? Isn't that the norm that women should follow? Why is it so mixed? ”

"Isn't it good to follow three virtues and four virtues? Women are supposed to serve their husbands well! ”

Many people are puzzled, especially men.

They don't understand why Ban Zhao's tailor-made "code of conduct" for women can lead to her reputation being "mixed"?

[After Ban Zhao lost her husband, she has been raising the children in the family independently, and she has experienced the hardships that many women have not experienced, which also makes her have more expectations for her children.

Seeing that the daughters in the family grew up one by one, Ban Zhao began to worry about whether they could be filial to their in-laws and serve their husbands in their husband's family after they got married.

So, in order to let the girls in the family often warn their behavior, Ban Zhao used his spare time to write this "Female Commandment" that has been passed down through the ages. 】

[The Female Commandments are divided into seven chapters: "Weakness", "Husband and Wife", "Respect", "Women's Conduct", "Concentration", "Qu Cong" and "Uncle and Sister".

As you can see from the titles of these chapters, this is a book that requires women to abide by their duties.

However, if you read the whole book carefully, you can find that Ban Zhao is not actually promoting equality for everyone, but the superiority of men and the inferiority of women.

This is because this idea of male superiority and inferiority of women is deeply ingrained in the feudal era, so few people think that this is problematic. 】

[Ban Zhao describes many responsibilities and positions that women should assume in the book, but the core of it is that women should obey their husbands' orders.

In fact, from the perspective of modern times, such an article that extremely loses itself is undoubtedly the biggest injustice to women.

However, in the feudal era, once this book came out, it received a lot of praise at that time, and many children began to read it, forming a fashion.

Ban Zhao's starting point was just to educate his daughter, but it unexpectedly became a must-read book for women in later dynasties, and became a model for women's three obedience and four virtues.

Perhaps she herself did not expect that her book would have such an abyssal influence, and even affect the life and status of women for more than a thousand years.

Later generations are also quite controversial when evaluating Ban Zhao, many people appreciate her talent, courage and integrity, but Ban Zhao's "Female Commandment" has put countless women in spiritual shackles, but it is difficult to escape the suspicion of "sinner", and it has also become the origin of her reputation "mixed reputation". 】

In ancient times, male superiority and inferiority of women, three obedience and four virtues almost became common sense and basic cognition.

People's three views are cultivated in this environment, so when Ban Zhao wrote "The Female Ring", not only men, but also many women were extremely sought after her.

When criticizing the ancients from the perspective of later generations, we should actually put ourselves in their shoes and think in a different position.

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