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Zheng Qiao
Song Historiographical Giant, Encyclopedist, and Author of the Tongzhi
Mural guide
In an archive hall, tall wooden shelves hold scrolls and bound books with small tags, and one person climbs a ladder with their back turned; a long table in front holds an unrolled river map, a bronze lamp and a copper jug, with a city wall seen through the window.
Also known as Zheng Yuzhong · Yuzhong · Master Jiaji · Zheng Jiaji · Tongzhi Zuozhe
- Roles
- Historian
Southern Song historian and encyclopedist who authored the 200-volume Tongzhi. His 'Twenty Treatises' (Ershi Lue) pioneered universal classification of historical knowledge.
Life and times
Dates 1104 - 1162
EraSong