Category: Historical Figures

Xi Shi (西施), whose birth and death years remain uncertain, was a legendary beauty from the late Spring and Autumn [...]

Cui Hao (崔颢) (704-754) was a prominent Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. He was born in Bianzhou, which is [...]

Li Hongzhang (李鸿章) (1823-1901), originally named Zhang Tong, was a prominent figure in late Qing Dynasty China. He was a [...]

Hua Mulan (花木兰), an ancient Chinese heroine, is a legendary figure known for her incredible valor and unwavering dedication to [...]

Monk Master Jianzhen (鉴真), also known as “Kanzeon” in Japanese, was a renowned Buddhist monk during the Tang Dynasty and [...]

Ouyang Xiu (1007 – 1072), courtesy name Yongshu, also known as Zuiweng (the Drunken Sage) and later as Liu Yi [...]

Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang (569-618) (隋炀帝杨广), was the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, reigning from 604 to [...]

Jiang Wei (姜维) (202–264 AD) was a notable military figure during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China, serving the [...]

Han Shizhong (韩世忠), born on January 26, 1090, in Suide County, Yan’an Prefecture (present-day Suide County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province), [...]

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, [...]