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Chinese scientist and statesman (78–139)

Also known as: Chang Heng, Heng Chang, P'ing-tzu Chang, Pingzi Zhang, Чжан Хэн, زانج هينج

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Ban Gu32–92
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His 'Rhapsody on the Two Capitals' is the direct model for Zhang Heng's own capital fu, with the same grand descriptive Han rhapsody style. (AI reason)
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Yang Xiong-52–18
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Combined ornate rhapsodies with philosophical and cosmological inquiry, close to Zhang Heng's blend of literature and learning. (AI reason)
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屈原
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The Chu ci tradition of spirit journeys and lament informs Zhang Heng's 'Contemplating the Mystery' and 'Four Sorrows'. (AI reason)
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Tao Yuanming365–427
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Develops the theme of withdrawing from office to rural life first voiced in 'Returning to the Fields'. (AI reason)
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Zuo Si250–305
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His 'Rhapsody on the Three Capitals' continues the monumental capital fu genre in a closely related manner. (AI reason)
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Yi Jia
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Early Han fu of exile and philosophical reflection on fate, akin to Zhang Heng's meditative rhapsodies. (AI reason)
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Cao Zhi192–232
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Lyrical fu and five-character poems carrying forward late-Han lyric expression of longing and frustrated ambition. (AI reason)
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Wang Can177–217
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His 'Climbing the Tower' fu shares the shorter, personal lyric rhapsody mode of late Han. (AI reason)
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Yu Song
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Chu rhapsodies of melancholy and imaginative description that underlie the Han fu Zhang Heng wrote. (AI reason)
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