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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:government_position
gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:person
gptkb:poet
gptkb:polymath
gptkb:cartographer
gptkb:astronomer
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gptkbp:birthDate
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AD 78
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Nanyang,_Henan,_China
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gptkbp:contribution
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star catalogues
improved armillary sphere with water-powered rotation
calculations of pi
description of lunar eclipse
first seismoscope to detect earthquakes
theory of moonlight as reflected sunlight
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gptkbp:deathDate
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AD 139
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gptkbp:dynasty
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gptkb:Eastern_Han
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gptkbp:era
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gptkb:Eastern_Han_dynasty
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:literature
gptkb:mathematics
cartography
engineering
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gptkbp:gender
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gptkb:male
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gptkbp:honor
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Zhang Heng crater on the Moon named after him
Zhang Heng asteroid (1802 Zhang Heng) named after him
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Chinese_astronomy
gptkb:Chinese_literature
Chinese engineering
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gptkbp:knownFor
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gptkb:literature
gptkb:armillary_sphere
astronomical instruments
mathematical works
improvements to water clocks
seismoscope
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Classical_Chinese
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gptkbp:legacy
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pioneer in astronomical instrumentation
pioneer in seismology
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gptkbp:nationality
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gptkb:Han_Chinese
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Dongjing_fu_(Rhapsody_on_the_Eastern_Capital)
gptkb:Ling_Xian_(Spiritual_Constitution)
gptkb:Xijing_fu_(Rhapsody_on_the_Western_Capital)
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gptkbp:officeHolder
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Chief Astronomer
Court official
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gptkbp:teacherOf
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students in astronomy and mathematics
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Han_dynasty
gptkb:Water_Margin
gptkb:armillary_sphere
gptkb:Nanyang
gptkb:Ancient_China
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Zhang Heng
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