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Mi Heng
Late Eastern Han writer, courtesy name Zhengping, gifted and arrogant, author of the Yingwu Fu, killed by Huang Zu at Xiakou at twenty-six.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Zi Zhengping
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Mi Heng, courtesy name Zhengping, came from Ban county in Pingyuan (near modern Linyi, Shandong) and was born in 173. Brilliant but proud, he was recommended by Kong Rong to Cao Cao, offended him, was sent to Liu Biao, offended him in turn, and was passed on to Huang Zu, the governor of Jiangxia, who had him killed at a banquet at Xiakou in 198, aged twenty-six. His Yingwu Fu, a fu on a parrot, is a celebrated piece of Han fu and is included in the Wen Xuan; his collected works are lost.
Life and times
Dates 173 CE–198 CE