The first sentence: Ban Chao's word "Bell", and the last sentence: full-text translation of exemption from service after retirement.

Ban Chao, a native of Pingling County, Fufeng County, is the youngest son of Ban Biao, the magistrate of Xuxian County. He is ambitious and informal, but he has a good moral character. He is not ashamed to do hard work at home. Ban Chao is eloquent and well-read.

In the fifth year of Han Yongping, Ban Chao's brother Ban Gu was recruited as a school extremely by the court and went to Luoyang with his brother and mother. Because of his poor family background, he was often employed by the government and made a living by copying books, which took a long time and was very hard.

He once stopped his work, threw his pen aside and sighed, "As a gentleman, although he doesn't have any outstanding strategies, he always has to learn from Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, which have made great achievements abroad, in order to be promoted. How can he always make a living by doing this kind of pen and ink? " Colleagues around laughed at this. Ban Chao said: "How can ordinary people understand the mind of people with lofty ideals?"

Later, he went to see a fortune teller, and the fortune teller said to him, "Dear senior, although you are an ordinary scholar, you will be shut out thousands of miles away in the future." Ban Chao wants to know. The fortune teller pointed to him and said, "Your chin is like a swallow, and your head and neck are like a tiger. Swallows can fly and tigers eat meat. This is the fate of Wan Li. "

After a long time, Ming Di once asked Ban Gu, "Where is your brother now?" Ban Gu replied, "I am helping the government copy books to support my mother." So Ming Di appointed Ban Chao as an official of Lantai. Later, he was dismissed because he made a mistake.

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Ban Chao is ambitious and does not stick to details, but he is respectful and considerate. He is eloquent and well read. Unwilling to copy documents for the imperial court, he joined the army, attacked the northern Xiongnu with Dou Gu, and was ordered to go to the Western Regions. In thirty-one years, he conquered more than fifty countries in the western regions and made great contributions to the return of the western regions. The official protects the western regions, and the world name is "Ban Dingyuan".