Ancient China · Legendary calendar maker under Yellow Emperor

Rongcheng 容成

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Rongcheng was a Legendary calendar maker under Yellow Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Zhou 4, passage 87

References in the histories

Book of Zhou, Chapter 4Volume 4 Annals 4: Emperor Ming · 1 passage

是以容成創定於軒轅，羲和欽若於唐世，《鴻範》九疇，大弘五法。 Thus Rongcheng first fixed the calendar under the Yellow Emperor, and Xihe reverently kept time in the age of Tang; the nine categories of Great Plan greatly extended the five methods.