''Bai Hu Tong'' (, also , ) is a

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text based on the held in 79 CE.

History

The traditional view of this text is that it was compiled by

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(32–92 CE) on the orders of the

Emperor Zhang of Han Emperor Zhang of Han (; 56 – 9 April 88''renchen'' day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the ''Zhang'he'' era, per Emperor Zhang's biography in ''Book of the Later Han''. The biography also indicate that he was 33 (by East Asian reckoning) ...

(57-88 CE). The name is derived from the

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Hall () in the of

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(the capital) where a series of discussions took place in 79 CE, on the subject of the true meanings of the

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. The discussions covered a broad range of topics including

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, politics, cosmology, and philosophy. Ban Gu is said to have edited the records of these discussions, and from them to have produced the book we have today. Some scholars have suggested that the book may in fact be made up of material produced as late as the 3rd century CE, rather than being the product of Ban Gu's work in recording the discussions of 79.

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