The Historical Record for March 1: Zhang Heng’s Seismometer

The Historical Record for March 1: Zhang Heng’s Seismometer

Zhang Heng (78-139) was quite the Han dynasty renaissance man. Despite his fame as a poet of considerable talents, a celebrated scholar of the classics, and an official serving at court, Zhang’s greatest and best-known contributions actually came in the field of science and engineering.

A Historian's review of Jet Li's Fearless: Who was the real Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲?

A Historian's review of Jet Li's Fearless: Who was the real Huo Yuanjia 霍元甲?

The 2006 Hong Kong film Fearless stars Jet Li as the famous martial artist Huo Yuanjia. But like all movies, Fearless takes some creative liberties with its subject. Who was the real Huo Yuanjia?