Xu Heng (English name)

Japanese: 許衡 - きょこう（英語表記）Xu Heng

[Born] Jiading 2 (1209)
[Died] 1281
A representative scholar of the Yuan Dynasty in China. His pen name was Zhongping and his pen name was Luzai. He was a farmer from Henan Province. He was an admirer of Cheng Yi and Zhu Xi, and studied various theories with Yao Shu and others. He became a scholar of the Jingzhao before Emperor Sejo ascended to the throne, and after he ascended to the throne, he was appointed as the Guozi Sajidou. He promoted governance based on traditional Chinese methods (Hanfa), which was accepted, and he also established the government system and the court council. From 1271 (1271), he educated Mongolian children as the Jixian University Scholar and Guozi Sajidou, and from 1271 (1272), he participated in the creation of the Shushi calendar. It was his achievement that made Zhu Xi studies popular in northern China. Although he did not have any special original ideas, he was a prominent figure in the Yuan Dynasty, when Confucianism was stagnant. He wrote "The Last Words of Duke Xu Wenzheng" (12 volumes) and others.

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Japanese:

[生]嘉定2(1209)
[没]至元18(1281)
中国，元の代表的学者。字は仲平。号は魯斎。河南省の農民の出。程頤 (ていい) ，朱子に傾倒し，姚枢 (ようすう) らと諸学を研究。世祖即位前に京兆提学となり，即位後，国子祭酒に任じられた。中国伝統の方法 (漢法) による統治をすすめて受入れられ，官制，朝議の諸事も定めた。至元8 (1271) 年来，集賢大学士兼国子祭酒としてモンゴル人子弟の教育にあたり，同 13年より授時暦作成に参加した。華北の朱子学盛行は彼の功績。特別な創見をもったわけではないが，儒学の沈滞した元代では，目立った存在であった。著書『許文正公遺書』 (12巻) ほか。

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