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班固

Mandarin · pinyin Bān Gù

Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書

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班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job
固: gù · to become solid, solidify; strength

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1–4 · Ban1 Gu4

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