Zhuangzi

male
Logician, Chinese Taoist, Hundred Schools of Thought, Warring States Period, Pinyin, Wade-Giles…Chinese philosopher, Taoist texts, Chineseclassictexts, Chinese spiritual writer, Chinese martial arts
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang

male, deceased (1976)
Non-fiction writer, Harvard University, Chineseclassictexts, Chinese typewriter, English, novelist…Chinese writer, classic Chinese texts, Chinese language, chinese, Chinese literature
Lin Yutang (October 10, 1895 - March 26, 1976) was a Chinese writer and inventor whose original works and translations of classic Chinese texts...
Wang Anshi

Wang Anshi

male, deceased (1086)
Song Dynasty poet, Song Dynasty chancellor, wage, chancellor, Confucianism, monopoly…chinese, Chineseclassictexts
Wáng Ānshí (1021 - May 21, 1086) was a Chinese economist, statesman, chancellor and poet of the Song Dynasty who attempted some controversial, maj...
Feng Tao

Feng Tao

deceased (954)
Printer, west, politician, chinese, Western world, Chineseclassictexts
Feng Tao (881 in Ying-chou - 954) was the Chinese government minster who, in 932, ordered the Confucian classics printed using movable wood blocks....
Wang Mang

Wang Mang

male, deceased (23)
Han Dynasty general, Regents of China, Emperor Yuan, emperor, liu, confucian…chinese, Chineseclassictexts
Wang Mang (45 BC-October 6, 23), courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded Xin (or...
Zhang Zhao

Zhang Zhao

male, deceased (236)
chancellor, Sun Ce and associates, chinese, Eastern Wu politician, Han Dynasty politician, zh-classical 張昭…Chineseclassictexts
Zhang Zhao (張昭) (156 – 236) was a civil officer who served under the Sun family at the time of the Three Kingdoms in China. He was born in what i...
Guo Xiang

Guo Xiang

male, deceased (312)
Chinese Taoist, redaction, guo, Taoism, chinese, philosopher…Chineseclassictexts, Taoist texts
Guo Xiang (d. 312 C.E.), is credited with the first and most important revision of the text known as the Zhuangzi which, along with the Laozi,...

Yan Shigu

male, deceased (645)
writer, tang dynasty, chinese, Northern Qi, Goguryeo, courtesy name…Chineseclassictexts
Yan Shigu, formal name Yan Zhou but went by the courtesy name of Shigu, was a famous early Tang Dynasty author and linguist. He was born in Wannian...
Zhang Binglin

Zhang Binglin

male, deceased (1936)
niang, revolutionary, Wen Shi, syllable onset, Middle Chinese, qing dynasty…historical Chinese phonology, Old Chinese, Chineseclassictexts, chinese
Zhang Binglin (章炳麟), also known as Zhang Taiyan (December 25 1868 - June 14 1936), was a Chinese philologist and revolutionist. Zhang is regard...