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The Critic: A Biography of Wang Chong/论衡之人 :王充传

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Wang Chong, courtesy name Zhongren, was a native of Shangyu in Kuaiji (present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) and a renowned philosopher of the Han dynasty. Zhang Taiyan remarked of him: "He corrected falsehoods and discerned the proper direction. With his theories of skepticism, he analyzed countless matters, exposing errors without sparing even the highest sages. The Han dynasty produced one such man, enough to redeem its honor. Even to this day, few have been able to match him." The Cr...