1, Ban Gu (32 ~ 92), born in Fufeng Anling (now Baoji City, Shaanxi Province). Ministers, historians and writers in the Eastern Han Dynasty were also called "Ban Ma" with Sima Qian. Ban Gu, brother of Ban Chao, son of Ban Biao,/kloc-entered Luoyang Imperial College at the age of 0/6, and returned to China after his father died at the age of 23.

2. Sima Qian (former 145 or former 135 ~ can't be tested) was born in Longmen (xia yang in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, hancheng city in Shaanxi Province, and Hejin City in Shanxi Province). Historians and essayists in the Western Han Dynasty. Sima Tan's son was appointed Taishiling, and was called Shi Qian, Taishiliong and the father of history by later Buddhas.

Ban Gu's Personality Achievement

In the official history, the geography special edition began with Ban Gu's Geography of Hanshu. Ban Gu's geographical view and its geographical model in Han Dynasty were imitated by later official geography, national annals and local chronicles, which had a far-reaching impact on the development of ancient geography in China.

At the same time, Ban Gu also completed the first book on evolutionary geography, which promoted the vigorous development of evolutionary geography in later generations. In addition, Hanshu also recorded a large number of natural and human geographical materials at that time, especially in the geographical records, ditch records and biographies of the western regions, which is a precious material for studying the geography of the Han Dynasty.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-? Sima Qian

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-bangu