Xu Zheng
Chinese徐整
Xu Zheng
EmployerEastern Wu
Known forChinese official

Xu Zheng (fl. 200s) was an Eastern Wu official who served as the "Taichang (太常)" and a Daoist author of the "Three Five Historic Records" (Chinese: 三五歷紀; pinyin: Sānwǔ Lìjì, literally: "Three Five Calendar") and Wuyun Linian Ji.[1][2][3] The "3-5" refers to the "Three August Ones and Five Emperors" (三皇五帝).

Xu Zheng relates two different variants of the creation myth of Pangu.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Xiaodong, Wu (2001). "The rhinoceros totem and Pangu myth : An exploration of the archetype of Pangu". Oral Tradition. 16 (2): 364–365. It first appears in Xu Zheng's Sanwu Liji and Wuyun Linian Ji at the time of the Three Kingdoms (222-280 CE), as well as Ren Fang's Shuyi Ji of the Liang Dynasty (440-589 CE).
  2. ^ Goldin, Paul R. (2008). "The Myth That China Has No Creation Myth". Monumenta Serica. 56: 8. ISSN 0254-9948.
  3. ^ a b Qingqing, Zhou; Minkang, Yang; Hongyi, Zhang; Rong, Qian; Zhang, Boyu; Ching-Wah, Lam (2023). Comprehensive Introduction to Chinese Traditional Music. Hollitzer Verlag. p. 260. In the period of Three Kingdoms, Xu Zheng wrote Sanwu Liji and included this god in Han Chinese myths.
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