Qin and Han · Xin official and critic of Han Mu river plan

Wang Heng 王橫

Attested AD 9 - AD 23

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Heng was a Xin official and critic of Han Mu river plan.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 9 to AD 23 王莽時
Dated from the passage context · Book of Han 38, passage 261

Career and standing

Clerk to the Grand Minister of Works 大司空掾
Held
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passage 261

Places and affiliations

Polity Xin 新 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 38, passage 261

Works and attributed material

Hydraulic critique · Author · Mode direct-attribution Speaker Wang Heng (王橫)
Directly stated · Book of Han 38, passages 261-266

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 38Volume 29: Treatise on Rivers and Canals · 1 passage

大司空掾王橫言：「河入勃海，勃海地高於韓牧所欲穿處。 Clerk to the Grand Minister of Works Wang Heng said: "The river empties into Bohai, but Bohai terrain is actually higher than Han Mu's proposed cuts.