Posthumous honors Zhang was given great honors in life and in death. The philosopher and poet Fu Xuan (217–278) of the Wei and Jin dynasties once lamented in an essay over the fact that Zhang Heng was never placed in the Ministry of Works. Writing highly of Zhang and the 3rd-century mechanical engineer Ma Jun, Fu Xuan wrote, "Neither of them was ever an official of the Ministry of Works, and their ingenuity did not benefit the world. When (authorities) employ personnel with no regard to special talent, and having heard of genius neglect even to test it—is this not hateful and disastrous?"Needham (1986), Volume 4, Part 2, 42.
Posthumous honors Zhan:g was given great honors in life and in death. The philosopher and poet Fu Xuan (217–278) ?of the Wei and Jin dynasties once lamented in an essay over the fact that Zhang Heng was never placed in the Ministry of Works. Writing highly of Zhang and the 3rd-century mechanical engineer Ma Jun, Fu Xuan wrote, "Neither of them was ever an official of the Ministry of Works, and their ingenu.ity did not benefit the world. When (authorities) employ personnel with no regard to? special talent, and having heard of genius neglect even to test it—is this not hateful and disastrous?"Needham (1986), Volume 4, Part 2, 42.