Qing · Calligrapher

Jiang Heng 蔣衡

Attested AD 1736 - AD 1795

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Jiang Heng was a Calligrapher.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Changed name	Zhensheng	振生	Zhensheng
Courtesy name	Xiangfan	湘帆	Xiangfan
Nickname	Clumsy Old Man	拙老人

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1736 to AD 1795 乾隆中
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 21

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Jiang He (蔣和)
grandson 孫 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Jiang Ji (蔣驥)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 24
Parent of Jiang Ji (蔣驥)
son 子
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 24

Career and standing

director of studies at the Directorate of Education 國子監學正
AD 1736 to AD 1795 乾隆中 · Appointed
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 21
Never took office
Refused office
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 21

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 21
At same district as Wang Shu (Jintan) 與澍同里
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 3, 19
At Guanzhong 關中 · Relation Traveled to
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 22

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level renowned
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passages 20, 22

Works and attributed material

Zhuocuntang Copies of Ancient Rubbings 拙存堂臨古帖
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 22

Events and relationships

Presented Thirteen Classics copy; ordered carved at Imperial Academy
AD 1736 to AD 1795 乾隆中 · Scholarly · Presenter · With Qianlong Emperor (高宗)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 21
Shut indoors twelve years writing Thirteen Classics
Scholarly · Copyist
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 20
Relation Calligraphy peer of · Person Wang Shu (王澍)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 23

Source notes

From Jiang Heng 蔣衡 · To Zhensheng 振生
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 18

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 4 passages

王澍蔣衡徐用錫王文治梁巘梁同書 Wang Shu, Jiang Heng, Xu Yongxi, Wang Wenzhi, Liang Yan, and Liang Tongshu

蔣衡，改名振生，字湘帆，晚號拙老人。 Jiang Heng, who later changed his name to Zhensheng, had the courtesy name Xiangfan and in his later years took the sobriquet Zhuolaoren, 'the Clumsy Old Man.'

乾隆中，進上，高宗命刻石國學，授衡國子監學正，終不出。 During the Qianlong reign he presented his work to the throne; the Qianlong Emperor ordered it cut in stone at the Imperial Academy and appointed Heng director of studies at the Directorate of Education, yet he never left home to serve.

衡早歲好遊，足跡半海內，觀碑關中，獲晉、唐以來名跡，臨摹三百餘種，曰拙存堂臨古帖。 In his youth Heng loved to travel and ranged over half the empire; in Guanzhong he studied steles and acquired celebrated works from the Jin and Tang dynasties onward, producing more than three hundred copies collected as the Zhuocuntang Copies of Ancient Rubbings.