Xu Zheng (Eastern Wu)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.

Xu Zheng

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xú Zhěng
Wade–Giles	Hsü² Cheng³

Xu Zheng was an Eastern Wu official and a Daoist author of the "Three Five Historic Records" (Chinese: 三五歷紀; pinyin: Sānwǔ Lìjì, literally: "Three Five Calendar"). 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.

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