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Zheng Xuan
Supreme Synthesizer of Han Confucianism and Founder of the Zheng School of Classics
Mural guide
A thatched pavilion open on three sides stands among tall bamboo; one person sits with their back turned at the veranda rail beside a zither and a stack of bamboo slips, while a stone path runs to a calm pond reflecting clouds and distant hills.
Also known as Zheng Kangcheng · Kangcheng · Zhengxue Zongshi · Jingxue Jidachengzhe
The foremost classicist of imperial China whose authoritative syntheses of the New and Old Text traditions ('Zheng Learning') defined Confucian orthodoxy for centuries.
Life and times
Dates 127 - 200
EraHan