Wáng Chōng zài 《 Lùnhéng 》 lǐ pīpíng le hěnduō míxìn de shuōfǎ.
In the Balanced Discourses, Wang Chong criticized many superstitious beliefs.
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history
He grew up poor in 会稽, in today's Zhejiang. While studying in the capital 洛阳 he could not afford books, so he read them at the stalls in the market and remembered what he read. He never rose above minor posts.
culture
He summed up his 《论衡》 in three characters, 疾虚妄, 'attack what is false'. The book argues that heaven has no will, that thunder is not heaven punishing anyone, and that the dead do not become ghosts. Idioms such as 不可多得 go back to it.
