Qin and Han · Scholar and Commentator

Zheng Xuan 鄭玄

Attested AD 127 - AD 200

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zheng Xuan was a scholar and Commentator.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 127 to AD 200 鄭玄雲『夏五廟無太祖』
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 165

Places and affiliations

Polity Eastern Han 漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 165

Works and attributed material

Quotation · Author · Direct quotation · Mode named-source-report Speaker Zhang Shiyan (張師顏)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 165

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

鄭玄雲『夏五廟無太祖，禹與二昭二穆而已』，張薦雲『夏後以禹始封，遂為不遷之祖』是也。 Zheng Xuan held that Xia's five temples had no Grand Ancestor—only Yu with two zhao and two mu; Zhang Jian held that Xia took Yu at first enfeoffment as the ancestor never moved—and this is correct.