Sunday, September 21, 2008

Huan Tan

Huan Tan 桓譚 Huan was a close associate of the court astronomer and mathematician Liu Xin as well as the author and poet , and worked as an official under the administrations of Emperor Ai of Han , Wang Mang , Emperor Gengshi of Han , and Emperor Guangwu of Han .

Further reading


*''Huan Tan'' in: Loewe, Michael, ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Qin, Former Han and Xin Periods '', Leiden 2000, ISBN 90-04-10364-3, pp. 164-165.

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