张衡
张衡
Zhāng Héng
Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
Traditional: 張衡
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- Zhang Heng (78-139) great Han dynasty astronomer and mathematician
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五刑(wǔ xíng)— imperial five punishments of feudal China, up to Han times: tattooing characters on the forehead 墨[mo4], cutting off the nose 劓[yi4], amputation of one or both feet 刖[yue4], castration 宮|宫[gong1], execution 大辟[da4 pi4]
→五虎将(Wǔ hǔ jiàng)— Liu Bei's five great generals in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, namely: Guan Yu 關羽|关羽, Zhang Fei 張飛|张飞, Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, Ma Chao 馬超|马超, Huang Zhong 黃忠|黄忠
→候风地动仪(hòu fēng dì dòng yí)— the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132
→六朝四大家(liù cháo sì dà jiā)— Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴, Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之, Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微 and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇
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