Lunheng
Sign in to saveAlso known as Discourses in the Balance, Disquisitions, Critical Essays, The Balanced Inquiries, Lun heng, Ronkō
The Lunheng, also known by numerous English translations, is a wide-ranging Chinese classic text by Wang Chong (27 – ). First published in 80, it contains critical essays on natural science and Chinese mythology, philosophy, and literature.
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- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Wang Chong
- Genre
- reference work
- Country of origin
- Han dynasty
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- title
- 論衡
- copyright status
- public domain
- language of work or name
- Classical Chinese
- number of parts of this work
- 200000
- Commons category
- 論衡
- inception
- 0080-00-00
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The Lunheng, also known by numerous English translations, is a wide-ranging Chinese classic text by Wang Chong (27 – ). First published in 80, it contains critical essays on natural science and Chinese mythology, philosophy, and literature.
==Name== thumb|page=139|A page from a Ming dynasty printed copy of Lunheng The title Lunheng combines lun 論 or 论 "discuss; talk about; discourse; decide on; determine; mention; regard; consider" and heng 衡 "crosswise; balance beam; weigh; measure; judge; appreciate". English translations of the title include "Disquisitions" (Alfred Forke), "Critical Essays" (Feng Yu-lan), "The Balanced Inquiries" (Wing-tsit Chan), or "Discourses Weighed in the Balance" (Joseph Needham).
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