Month: July 2024

Fan Zhongyan (范仲淹) (October 1, 989 – June 19, 1052), courtesy name Xiwen, was a prominent political figure and literary [...]

Jiang Ziya (approximately 1128–1016 BCE), also known as Jiang Taigong, Shi Shangfu, Taigong Wang, and Lu Wang, was a prominent [...]

Ba Jin (巴金) (November 25, 1904 – October 17, 2005), originally named Li Xuezheng, with the pen name Jin Biao, [...]

An Lushan (安禄山) (703-757), originally surnamed Kang, was a key figure in the An Lushan Rebellion, a devastating event during [...]

Qi Jiguang (戚继光) (1528 November 12 – 1588 January 17/5), born in Penglai, Shandong, and raised in Jining, was a [...]

Qu Yuan (屈原) (approximately 340 BC – 278 BC) was a prominent figure in ancient China, born in Dan Yang, [...]

Yue Fei (岳飞), born on March 24, 1103, in Tangyin, Xiangzhou (present-day Tangyin County, Henan Province), was a prominent figure [...]

Zhang Zhizhong (张治中) (October 27, 1890 – April 6, 1969), originally named Benyao and later changed to Zhizhong, was a [...]

Wen Tianxiang (文天祥) (1236-1283) was a prominent figure in the tumultuous final years of the Southern Song Dynasty in China. [...]

Xu Xiake (徐霞客, 1587-1641), born in Jiangyin, Nan Zhili (present-day Jiangsu, specifically Jiangyin), was a prominent figure in the Ming [...]

Xiang Yu (项羽) (232 BCE – 202 BCE), a prominent figure in ancient Chinese history, is widely remembered as a [...]

Bai Juyi (白居易) (772-846) was a prominent figure in Chinese literature, hailing from Huazhou Xiagui (modern Weinan, Shaanxi) and born [...]