Overview
The translated histories identify Zhang Heng as an astronomer, inventor, poet, and scholar. This record brings together 4 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Zhang Heng | 張衡 | Zhāng Héng |
| Given | Heng | 衡 | Héng |
| Surname | Zhang | 張 | Zhāng |
| Personal name | Zhang Heng | 張衡 | Zhāng Héng |
| Personal | Zhang Heng | 張衡 | Zhang Heng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0121
- Sex: male
Roles
- Astronomer
- Inventor
- Poet
- Scholar
- Scientist
- Writer
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 桓帝延熹七年 · Regnal Year: 7 · Western Year: AD 164Explicit · songshi:076:s0007
- Source Date: Text: 張衡西京賦 · Western Interval: Start: AD 78 · End: AD 139Strongly inferred · nanqishu:016:s0121
- Source Date: Text: 後漢 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 220Explicit · qingshigao:028:s0026
- Source Date: Text: 漢 · Western Interval: Start: BC 206 · End: AD 220Explicit · qingshigao:272:s0029
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Later Han / 後漢 · Relation: lived-underExplicit · qingshigao:028:s0026
Works and attributed material
- Work: his astronomical treatise / 其書 · Relation: author · Negated: false · Note: book does not surviveExplicit · qingshigao:028:s0026
- Work: Western Capital Rhapsody / 西京賦 · Relation: authorExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0121
- Kind: quotation · Role: author · Quoted: true · Text: 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Explicit · qingshigao:028:s0026
- Kind: quotation · Role: speaker · Statement: The commandant of the guards' eight garrisons—alert at night, patrol by day. / 衞尉八屯，警夜巡晝Explicit · nanqishu:016:s0121
Events and relationships
- Kind: scholarly · Role: maker · Action: redesigned-armillary · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 延熹七年 · Western Year: AD 164Explicit · songshi:076:s0007
- Kind: scholarly · Role: author · Action: stated-star-office-countsExplicit · qingshigao:028:s0026
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · nanqishu:016:s0121
References in the histories
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