Overview
Zhang Heng was an Astronomer and Scholar.
PeriodQin and Han
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 164 桓帝延熹七年Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 7
- AD 78 to AD 139 中世張衡Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 92, passage 27
- AD 78 to AD 139 張衡西京賦Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 121
- AD 25 to AD 220 後漢Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 26
- AD 78 to AD 139 東都之下Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 91, passage 7
Key source chapters
- Book of Later Han, Chapter 92 Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 1 passage
- Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 16 Volume 16 Treatises 8: Official Posts 1 passage
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 28 Volume 28 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3, Sun, Moon, and the Five Planets, Fixed Stars, Yellow and Red Paths, the Twelve Stations, and Lunar Lodges, Hun Dan Zhong Xing 1 passage
- Draft History of Qing, Chapter 272 Volume 272 Biographies 59: Tang Ruowang, Yang Guangxian, Nan Huai Ren 1 passage
- History of Song, Chapter 76 Volume 76 Treatises 29: Measures and Calendar 9 1 passage
Career and standing
- yin-yang master 陰陽之宗Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 27
Places and affiliations
- Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Lived underDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 26
Works and attributed material
- his astronomical treatise 其書Relation Author · Negated false · book does not surviveDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 26
- Western Capital Rhapsody 西京賦Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 121
- Of inner and outer offices, those always bright are 124; nameable ones 320; stars 2,500 中外之官，常明者百有二十四，可名者三百二十，為星二千五百Quotation · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 26
- The commandant of the guards' eight garrisons—alert at night, patrol by day. 衞尉八屯，警夜巡晝Quotation · SpeakerDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 121
Events and relationships
- Redesigned armillaryAD 164 延熹七年 · Scholarly · MakerDirectly stated · History of Song 76, passage 7
- Stated star office countsScholarly · AuthorDirectly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 26
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment reigning literary master under Eastern Capital · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Book of Wei 91, passage 7
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Book of Southern Qi 16, passage 121; Book of Wei 91, passage 14
References in the histories
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