Cao Cao

Cao Cao

male, deceased (220)
Cáo Cāo was a regional warlord and the second last Chancellor of the Eastern Han Dynasty who rose to great power during its final years in an...
Cai Wenji

Cai Wenji

female, deceased (250)
Cai Wenji (b. 177), also known as Cai Yan, was a Han Dynasty poet and composer. She was the daughter of Cai Yong, also a musician. Her courtesy...
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...
Jia Yi

Jia Yi

male
Jia Yi (賈誼, pinyin; Chia I, Wade-Giles; 200 BCE-168 BCE) was a Chinese poet and statesman of the Han Dynasty.
Sima Xiangru

Sima Xiangru

male
Sima Xiangru (179 - 117 BC) was a Chinese writer. He was a minor official of the Western Han Dynasty but was better known for his poetic skills,...
Cao Pi

Cao Pi

male, deceased (226)
Cáo Pī (曹丕, 187-June 29, 226), formally Emperor Wen of (Cao) Wei (曹魏文帝), courtesy name Zihuan (子桓), was born in Qiao County, Pei Commandery (modern...
Cao Zhi

Cao Zhi

male, deceased (232)
Cao Zhi (192 - 232) was a Chinese poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period. His poetry style, greatly revered during the...
Zhang Heng

Zhang Heng

male, deceased (139)
Zhang Heng (78 - 139 AD) was an astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar of the Eastern Han...
Kong Rong

Kong Rong

male, deceased (208)
Kong Rong was a bureaucrat, poet, and minor warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. He was also the...

Zhuo Wenjun

female
Zhuo Wenjun, or Wen Jun was a Chinese woman poet of the Western Han dynasty. As a young widow, Zhuo Wenjun eloped with the poet Sima Xiangru. The...