2001•Journal of Henan UniversityRequires access
A Textual Examination of Zheng Xuan's Life
Yang Tian
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Abstract
Zheng Xuan was born in 127 A.D.. He became a petty official at the age of 18, then studied Confucian classics. Political disappointments compelled him to academic researches which were his greatest achievements in life. He died at the age of 74. His explication of the Confucian classics in the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties produced profound influence on later thinkers, and he is regarded as a great man and great scholar as well.