Zhen Luan

Zhen Luan (甄鸾) (535 – 566) was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer and daoist who was active during the Northern Zhou (557-581) of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period.

Born in the Wuji County of the present day Hubei Province, he is primarily known for the comments on the ancient mathematical treatises. Proceeding from them, he paid special attention to the "Nine Palaces" calculation technique; his description of the Luo shu represents an early example of textual comment on this scheme.

Zhen Luan developed the Tianhe calendar which was implemented in 566 and was current for the next 18 years.

Zhen trained in a Daoist congregation,[1] but converted to Buddhism out of disgust with Daoist sexual practices.[2][3] He wrote the anti-Daoist text Xiaodao Lun in 570 for Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou.[4][5]

His solid scholarship was commended by Yan Yuan (1635 - 1704).

Literature

Schuyler Cammann, "The Magic Square of Three in Old Chinese Philosophy and Religion" in History of Religions, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer, 1961), pp. 37–80.

gollark: <@!402456897812168705> You know electronics, right? I have a question other than that question. How does WiFi MIMO work?

gollark: Whoever writes the spec, yes.

gollark: That was a proposal. They didn't go for it.

gollark: (the red light is off worryingly often)

gollark: Oh no. My Raspberry Pi and/or its power supply are undergoing apiosis.

References

Wile, Douglas (1992). "Sexual Practices and Taoism". Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics Including Women's Solo Meditation Texts. SUNY Press. pp. 25–26.
Gulik, Robert H Van (1974). Sexual Life in Ancient China. Brill Archive. p. 89.
Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein, Farzeen (October 1996). "Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China by Livia Kohn (review)". Asian Folklore Studies. 55 (2): 361–363. doi:10.2307/1178836.
Bokenkamp, Stephen R (1990). "Stages of Transcendence". In Buswell, Robert E (ed.). Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha. University of Hawaii Press.
Komjathy, Louis (2012). "The Daoist Tradition in China". In Nadeau, Randall L (ed.). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 179–180.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Wile, Douglas (1992). "Sexual Practices and Taoism". Art of the Bedchamber: The Chinese Sexual Yoga Classics Including Women's Solo Meditation Texts. SUNY Press. pp. 25–26.

[2] Gulik, Robert H Van (1974). Sexual Life in Ancient China. Brill Archive. p. 89.

[3] Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein, Farzeen (October 1996). "Laughing at the Tao: Debates among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China by Livia Kohn (review)". Asian Folklore Studies. 55 (2): 361–363. doi:10.2307/1178836.

[4] Bokenkamp, Stephen R (1990). "Stages of Transcendence". In Buswell, Robert E (ed.). Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha. University of Hawaii Press.

[5] Komjathy, Louis (2012). "The Daoist Tradition in China". In Nadeau, Randall L (ed.). The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Chinese Religions. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 179–180.