Chinese Han dynasty official, credited with inventing modern paper
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Cai Lun (Chinese: 蔡伦; courtesy name: Jingzhong (Chinese: 敬仲); c.– 121 CE), formerly romanized as Ts'ai Lun, was a Chinese eunuch court official of the Eastern Han dynasty. He is traditionally ...
Late 1st/early 2nd century Chinese historian, philosopher and scholar
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Ban Zhao (Chinese: 班昭; 49 – c. 120 CE or 45 - c. 117 CE), courtesy name Huiban (Chinese: 惠班; pinyin: Huìbān; Wade–Giles: Hui-Pan), was a Chinese historian, philosopher, and politician ...
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Shi Xie (pronunciation ) (137–226), courtesy name Weiyan, also known by his Vietnamese name Sĩ Nhiếp, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty and ...
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Xu Shen (c. – c. CE) was a Chinese calligrapher, philologist, politician, and writer of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-189). He was born in the Zhaoling district of Run'an prefecture (today known as Luohe ...
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Sima Xiangru (pronounced Chinese: 司馬相如; c. 179 – 117BC) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician who lived during the Western Han dynasty. Sima is a significant figure in the history of ...
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Li Yiji (268–204 BC) was a Chinese philosopher and politician. He served as a political adviser to Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han dynasty. His brother Li Shang, served as a military general ...
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Du Shi (Chinese: 杜詩; pinyin: Dù Shī; Wade–Giles: Tu Shih, d. 38) was a Chinese inventor, mechanical engineer, metallurgist, and politician of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Du Shi is credited with ...
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Sang Hongyang (Chinese: 桑弘羊; c. 152–80 BC) was a Chinese politician. He was a prominent official of the Han Dynasty, who served Emperor Wu of Han and his successor Emperor Zhao. He is famous for ...
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Liu Yan (pronunciation ) (died 194), courtesy name Junlang, was a warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was also a member of the extended family of the Han emperors. For most of ...
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Han Fu (pronunciation ) (died 191), courtesy name Wenjie, was a government official and minor warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was the governor of Ji Province (present-day ...
Imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the 2nd century BC
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Zhang Qian (Chinese: 張騫; died c. 114 BC) was a Chinese official and diplomat who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the late 2nd century BC during the Han dynasty. He was ...
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Empress (Dowager) Lü Zhi (241–180 BC), commonly known as Empress Lü (simplified Chinese: 吕后; traditional Chinese: 呂后; pinyin: Lǚ Hòu) and formally Empress Gao of Han (simplified Chinese: ...
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Sima Qian (traditional Chinese: 司馬遷; simplified Chinese: 司马迁; pinyin: Sīmǎ Qiān; c. – c. BC) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206 BC – AD220). He is co ...
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Liu Qi (died 209) was a Chinese military general and politician who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was the elder son of Liu Biao, the Governor of Jing Province. He provided reinforcements ...
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Zhang Heng was a military general serving under the warlord Han Sui during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. Once, Ma Chao led an army to attack Cao Cao and started the Battle of Tong Pass ...
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Kong Anguo (Chinese: 孔安國; Wade–Giles: K'ung An-kuo; ca. 156 – ca. 74 BC), courtesy name Ziguo (子國), was a Confucian scholar and government official of the Western Han dynasty of ancient China ...
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Tian Qianqiu (Chinese: 田千秋, ?-77BC) was a Han dynasty politician who served as prime minister for 12 years during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Zhao of Han. He was the host of the debate ...