Qin and Han · Astronomer and Scholar

Zhang Heng 張衡

Attested AD 78 - AD 139

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhang Heng was an Astronomer and Scholar.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 78 to AD 139 中世張衡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 92, passage 27

Career and standing

yin-yang master 陰陽之宗
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 92, passage 27

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 92Volume 82a: Biographies of Alchemists 1 · 1 passage

中世張衡為陰陽之宗，郎顗咎徵最密，餘亦班班名家焉。 At mid-Han Zhang Heng led the yin-yang field, Lang Yi was tightest on omen interpretation, and others glittered each in a niche.