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Shi Hui (1915 – December 1957), born Shi Yutao (Chinese: 石毓涛), was a Chinese actor and film director who gained prominence throughout the 1940s through 1950s. Despite his fame, Shi became a victim ...
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Shu Qingchun (3 February 1899 – 24 August 1966), courtesy name Sheyu, best known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese novelist and dramatist. He was one of the most significant figures of 20th ...
Chinese statesman and military commander (1236–1279)
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Lu Xiufu (8 November 1236 – 19 March 1279), courtesy name Junshi (君实/君實), was a Chinese statesman and military commander who lived in the final years of the Song dynasty. Originally from Yancheng (pre ...
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Wang Guowei (Chinese: 王國維; 2 December 1877 – 2 June 1927) or Wang Kuo-wei, courtesy name Jing'an (靜安) or Boyu (伯隅), was a Chinese historian and poet. A versatile and original scholar, he made ...
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Sun En (孫恩; died 402) courtesy name Linxiu (灵秀), was a native of Langya (in modern Shandong) who rebelled against the Eastern Jin dynasty. A descendant of Sun Xiu, he joined his uncle Sun Tai (孫泰), who ...
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Lu Zhaolin (Chinese: 盧照鄰; Wade–Giles: Lu Chao-lin; ca. 634 – ca. 684 or 686), courtesy name Shengzhi, was a Tang dynasty Chinese poet, traditionally grouped together with Luo Binwang, Wang Bo ...
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Zhu Hongzhao (Chinese: 朱弘昭) (died May 14, 934) was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Tang. He was a close associate of its second emperor Li Siyuan, and became ...
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Cheng Rui (成汭 died June 10, 903), adoptive name Guo Yu (郭禹 used until c. 888), formally the Prince of Shanggu (上谷王), was a warlord late in the Chinese Tang dynasty who ruled Jingnan Circuit (荊南 headqu ...
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Murong Yanchao (Chinese: 慕容彥超) (died June 15, 952), known at one point as Yan Kunlun (閻崑崙), was a general of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms states Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Han ...
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Shen Faxing (died AD 620) was an official of the Chinese Sui dynasty who, after Emperor Yang was killed in a coup led by the general Yuwen Huaji in 618, seized the area of present-day Zhejiang and ...
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Zhang Zongyu (died 1868) was a commander of the Nian Rebellion. He was the nephew of Nian leader Zhang Lexing who was killed by Qing forces in battle in 1863. Taking over command after his uncles death ...
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Li Guangtian (1906–1968, born Wang Xijue) was a 20th-century Chinese essayist. Born into an indigent peasant family with the surname Wang, he was adopted by his uncle, and changed his surname into Li ...
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Tang Yifen (Wade–Giles: T'ang I-fen, traditional: 湯貽汾, simplified: 汤贻汾, pinyin: Tāng Yífén); ca. 1778-1853 was a Chinese landscape painter and calligrapher during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).
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Trùng Quang Emperor (Vietnamese: Trùng Quang Đế, Hán tự: 重光帝, ?–1414), real name Trần Quý Khoáng (陳季擴), was the second and last emperor of Later Trần dynasty. He was a son of prince Trần Ngạc. As the second ...
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Qu Yuan (c.–278 BC) was a Chinese poet and politician in the State of Chu during the Warring States period. He is known for his patriotism and contributions to classical poetry and verses, especially ...
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Jiang Zhongyuan (Chinese: 江忠源), courtesy name Changrui, (常孺) was a scholar and soldier from Hunan who fought for the Qing and against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the Taiping Rebellion.
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Dai Xi (Chinese: 戴熙; pinyin: Dài Xī; Wade–Giles: Tai Hsi) (1801 – 1860) was a Chinese painter of the 19th century and representative of the academic manner. His sobriquet was Chunshi ...