Mi Heng

Mi Heng
禰衡
A Qing dynasty portrait of Mi Heng
Born173
Died198 (aged 25)
Other namesZhengping (正平)
OccupationScholar
Mi Heng
Traditional Chinese禰衡
Simplified Chinese祢衡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMí Héng[a]
Gwoyeu RomatzyhMir Herng
Wade–GilesMi2 Heng2
IPA[mǐ xə̌ŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNèih Hàhng
JyutpingNei4 Hang4
IPA[nej˩ hɐŋ˩]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôNî Hîng
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*m.ner [g]ˤraŋ
Zhengping
(courtesy name)
Chinese正平
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèngpíng
Wade–GilesCheng4-p'ing2
IPA[ʈʂə̂ŋpʰǐŋ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJing-pèhng
JyutpingZing3-peng4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChiàn-pên
Tâi-lôTsiànn-pênn

Mi Heng[a] (c. 173 – 198), courtesy name Zhengping, was an ancient Chinese writer and musician who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He is best known for his fu rhapsody "Fu on the Parrot", which is his only work that has survived to modern times.[1]


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  1. ^ Knechtges (2010), p. 672.