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Editorial Reviews - Confucianists by Nationality From the Publisher Chapters: American Confucianists, Chinese Confucianists, Filipino Confucianists, Japanese Confucianists, Korean Confucianists, New Zealand Confucianists, Singaporean Confucianists, Vietnamese Confucianists, Confucius, Zhang Heng, Jin Shengtan, Truong Dinh, Disciples of Confucius, Phan Dinh Phung, Liang Qichao, Yamazaki Ansai, Xun Zi, Sun Ce, Zhu Xi, Bonny Hicks, Choe Chiwon, Mencius, Hayashi Razan, OgyÅ? Sorai, Arai Hakuseki, Zhou Dunyi, Hayashi GahÅ?, Jack Yan, Wang Fuzhi, Ch'ien Mu, Hosoi Heishu, Tá?± Ä?á?©c, Nguyá??n Trãi, Jeong Yak-Yong, Kaibara Ekken, Philip J. Ivanhoe, Hayashi HÅ?kÅ?, Antonio Cua, Jeong Mong-Ju, Trá??n Thái Tông, Yi Hwang, Jeong Do-Jeon, Yi I, Xiong Shili, Xi Shengmo, Toju Nakae, Tu Wei-Ming, Kibi Makibi, Hayashi RyÅ?kÅ?, Jia Yi, Nakane KÅ?tei, Kwon Geun, Yokoi YayÅ?, Jo Gwang-Jo, SaitÅ? ChikudÅ?, Narushima Ryuhoku, Imakita Kosen, Robert Cummings Neville, Seol Chong, Hong Liangji, Lü Liuliang, Ikeda Mitsumasa, Kim Bu-Sik, Yi Eonjeok, Yi Saek, Seongho Yi Ik, Muro KyÅ?sÅ?, Boston Confucians, Ma Rong, Zheng Xuan, Zisi, Akizuki TeijirÅ?, Seonbi, Song Siyeol, Seo Gyeong-Deok, Zengzi, Yun Jeung, Miyoshi Kiyotsura, Lai Zhide, Yen Yuan, Lê Quát, Choe Chung, Kusaba Haisen. Excerpt: Zhang Heng (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhng Héng; Wade-Giles: Chang Heng) (CE 78139) was an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar from Nanyang, Henan, and lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty (CE 25220) of China. He was educated in the capital cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, and began his career as a minor civil servant in Nanyang. Eventually, he became Chief Astronomer, Prefect of the Majors for Official Carriages, and t