Chang Heng-ch’u
(Chang Tsai, Chang Tzu-hou, 1021-1077) Was a typical Confucian government official and teacher. When young, he was interested in military strategy. He studied the Chung Yung (Golden Mean) at the advice of a prominent scholar, and went on to Taoist and Buddhist works. But he finally returned to the Confucian classics, explored their meanings and discussed them with the Ch’eng brothers. His works called Chang Heng-ch’u Hsien-sheng Ch’uan-chi (complete works of Master Chang Heng-ch’u) are indispensable to the study of the Neo-Confucian (li hsueh) movement. — W.T.C.