Ho Chi Minh

Ho Chi Minh

male, deceased (1969)
communist, Communist ruler, Vietnamese, revolutionary, independence movement, Vietnamese language…spoken Chinese, chinese, Chineselanguage, spanish language, thai language
Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1946–1955) and President (1946–1969) of the Sociali...
Lin Yutang

Lin Yutang

male, deceased (1976)
Non-fiction writer, Harvard University, Chinese classic texts, Chinese typewriter, English, novelist…Chinese writer, classic Chinese texts, Chineselanguage, 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...
Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison

male, deceased (1834)
Bullers Green, Bullers Green, Northumberland, Protestant, British in China, Mary Morton, Morpeth, Northumberland…chinese, Chineselanguage
Robert Morrison (Traditional Chinese: 馬禮遜; Simplified Chinese: 马礼逊; born January 5, 1782 in Bullers Green, near Morpeth, Northumberla...
Jin Yong

Jin Yong

male, 85 years old
Burmese language, Burmese, martial arts, Editor-in-Chief, Wuxia writer, novelist…Japanese language, Vietnamese language, Chinese-language, chinese, korean language
Jin Yong, born February 6, 1924, pen name of Louis Cha, OBE, is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language novelists. Co-founder of the...
Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang

male, deceased (1989)
Chinese people in history, From HuNan, Chineselanguage, chinese, Leader of the Communist Party of China, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦 Pinyin: Hú Yàobāng, Wade-Giles: Hu Yao-pang; November 20, 1915-April 15, 1989) was a leader of the People's Republic...
Victor H. Mair

Victor H. Mair

male
american philosophical society, Harvard University, Sino-Platonic Papers, Columbia History of Chinese Literature, Dao De Jing, Vernacular Chinese…Chinese literature, Chineselanguage, Professor of Chinese Language
Victor H. Mair is Professor of Chinese Language and Literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of...
Li Si

Li Si

male
philosopher, prime minister, Xunzi, legalist, chinese, Thinker…Chineselanguage, Chinese calligraphy
Li Si (ca. 280 BC - September or October 208 BC) was the influential Prime Minister (or Chancellor) of the feudal state and later of the dynasty of...
James Legge

James Legge

male, deceased (1897)
Inventor of writing systems, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, congregational church, Lexicographer, Scottish, Fellow of Colleges of the University of Oxford…Chinese-English translator, Chineselanguage, chinese
James Legge was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong...
Xiaxue

Xiaxue

female, 25 years old
blogger, impersonation, Reality Television, Simplified Chinese, controversial, The New Paper…Chineselanguage, chinese
Xiaxue (Simplified Chinese: 下雪, real name Wendy Cheng) is one of the most prominent bloggers in Singapore. She started her blog in 2003. Her blog...
Li Yang

Li Yang

male
Educator, Crazy Chinese, Crazy English, Chinese yuan, Urumqi, Xi'an…chinese, Chineselanguage, language teacher
Li Yang is the Chinese creator of "Crazy English", an unorthodox method of teaching English. He claimed to have taught English to more than 20...