Sima Qian

Sima Qian

male
Sima Qian (ca. 145-90 BC) was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes (太史令) of the Han Dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography becaus...
Sima Guang

Sima Guang

male, deceased (1086)
Sima Guang was also a lexicographer (who perhaps edited the "Jiyun"), and spent decades compiling his 1066 "Leipian" (類篇; "Classified Chap...
Ban Gu

Ban Gu

male, deceased (92)
Ban Gu (32–92), was a 1st century Chinese historian. He was born into a scholarly family, and his father, Ban Biao, was a prominent historian. He to...
Zeng Gong

Zeng Gong

male, deceased (1083)
Zeng Gong, courtesy name Zigu (子固), was a scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty in China. He was one of the supporters of the New Classical Pros...
Chen Shou

Chen Shou

male, deceased (297)
Chen Shou, born in Nanchong, Sichuan, was the author of the "Records of Three Kingdoms", a historical account of the Three Kingdoms period of...
Ouyang Xiu

Ouyang Xiu

male, deceased (1072)
Ouyang Xiu (1007 - September 22, 1072), courtesy name is Yongshu, also self nicknamed The Old Drunkard 醉翁, or The Retired Scholar of the One of Six...
Yu Huan

Yu Huan

male
Yu Huan (fl. 3rd century) was a Chinese scholar and author from the Cao Wei. He was a native of what's now Xi'an, Shaanxi, and most notable for his...
Ban Biao

Ban Biao

male, deceased (54)
Ban Biao (3 CE-54 CE), born in Xianyang, Shaanxi, was a Chinese historian, and an officer of the Han Dynasty. He was the nephew of Consort Ban, a...
Liu Xin

Liu Xin

male, deceased (23)
Liu Xin, courtesy name Zijun (子駿), was the son of Liu Xiang, a Chinese astronomer and historian during the Xin Dynasty. He created a new astr...
Wei Zheng

Wei Zheng

male, deceased (643)
Wei Zheng, courtesy name Xuancheng (玄成), formally Duke Wenzhen of Zheng (鄭文貞公), was a Chinese politician and the lead editor of the "Book of Sui...