Zheng Xuan
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Zheng Xuan was a prominent Eastern Han dynasty Confucian scholar best known for his influential commentaries on the Chinese classics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confucian scholar
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Eastern Han dynasty person ⓘ |
| associatedWithTextualTradition |
New Text classics
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Old Text classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Beihai Commandery
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Gaomi NERFINISHED ⓘ present-day Shandong, China ⓘ |
| birthYear | 127 ⓘ |
| chineseName | 鄭玄 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Kangcheng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameChinese | 康成 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 200 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Eastern Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | studied under Ma Rong ⓘ |
| era | Later Han period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Confucian classics
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exegesis ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| heldOfficeUnder | Emperor Ling of Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Later Han Confucianism
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Song dynasty Neo-Confucian scholars ⓘ Tang dynasty Confucian exegesis ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commentaries on the Five Classics
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harmonizing Old Text and New Text Confucian traditions ⓘ influence on later Confucian scholarship ⓘ standardizing interpretations of the Confucian canon ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
cited extensively by later Confucian commentators
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his commentaries became standard references in later dynasties ⓘ |
| methodologicalContribution |
philological analysis of classical texts
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synthesizing divergent textual traditions ⓘ |
| name | Zheng Xuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
commentator on the Chinese classics
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government official ⓘ |
| schoolOrTradition |
Confucianism
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New Text Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Text Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Ma Rong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacher | Ma Rong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wroteCommentaryOn |
Analects of Confucius
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Book of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Songs NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic of Changes (Yijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic of Filial Piety NERFINISHED ⓘ Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring and Autumn Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Rites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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