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Cui Yuan (Han dynasty)

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Cui Yuan (Chinese: 崔瑗; pinyin: Cuī Yuán; 77–142 or 78–143 AD),[1] courtesy name Ziyu, Chinese calligrapher, mathematician, philosopher, poet, and politician during the Eastern Han dynasty. He was a temporary fugitive who was also known for his many written works, although in political life he became involved in court intrigues which damaged his career.

Life

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Cui Yuan was born in the Lecheng Commandery (renamed Anping in 122) in what is now modern Hebei province.[2][3] He was the son of Cui Yin, who died while Yuan was in his teens.[1] After years of study, he ventured to the Han capital at Luoyang when he was eighteen.[1] There he studied under Jia Kui and befriended notable persons such as the poet and politician Ma Rong (79–166) and the polymathic scientist Zhang Heng (78–139).[1] Cui gained a reputation as a mathematician with his work on reforming the Chinese calendar and as a scholar following his commentary on the I Ching.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Crespigny (2007), 103.
  2. ^ Crespigny (2007), 103, 105, 1197.
  3. ^ Translated selections of Chen Shou's Records of the Three States (1999), 204.

References

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  • Chen, Shou (1999). Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States with Pei Songzhi's Commentary. Translated with annotations and introduction by Robert Joe Cutter and William Gordon Crowell. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-8248-1945-4.
  • Crespigny, Rafe de. (2007). A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD). Leiden: Koninklijke Brill. ISBN 90-04-15605-4.