Xu Zheng (Eastern Wu) Explained

Xu Zheng
Employer:	Eastern Wu
Known For:	Chinese official

Xu Zheng (fl. 200s) was an Eastern Wu official who served as the "Taichang (太常)" and a Daoist author of the "Three Five Historic Records" (literally: "Three Five Calendar") and Wuyun Linian Ji.^{[1] [2] [3]} The "3-5" refers to the "Three August Ones and Five Emperors" (三皇五帝).

Xu Zheng relates two different variants of the creation myth of Pangu.

Notes and References

1. Xiaodong . Wu . 2001 . The rhinoceros totem and Pangu myth : An exploration of the archetype of Pangu . Oral Tradition . 16 . 2 . 364–365 . It first appears in Xu Zheng’s Sanwu Liji and Wuyun Linian Ji at the time of the Three Kingdoms (222-280 CE), as well as Ren Fang’s Shuyi Ji of the Liang Dynasty (440-589 CE)..
2. Goldin . Paul R. . 2008 . The Myth That China Has No Creation Myth . Monumenta Serica . 56 . 8 . 0254-9948.
3. Book: Qingqing, Zhou . Comprehensive Introduction to Chinese Traditional Music . Minkang . Yang . Hongyi . Zhang . Rong . Qian . Zhang . Boyu . Ching-Wah . Lam . 2023 . Hollitzer Verlag . 260 . In the period of Three Kingdoms, Xu Zheng wrote Sanwu Liji and included this god in Han Chinese myths..