Chapter 77 (sometimes given as Chapter 47), translated and adapted by E. Édouard Chavannes.

In 107 CE, the Western Regions in modern Xinjiang province rebelled against Chinese rule. Ban Yong was appointed as a Major (Jun Sima ???) and, with his elder brother, Ban Xiong (??), went via Dunhuang to meet up with the Protector General of the Western Regions, Ren Shang