Chen Duxiu

Chen Duxiu

male, deceased (1942)
Trotskyist, Educator, philosopher, chairman, anhui, Leader of the Communist Party of China…chinese, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese history, VernacularChinese
Chen Duxiu played many different roles in Chinese history. Along with Li Dazhao, Chen was a co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. He...
Victor H. Mair

Victor H. Mair

male
american philosophical society, Harvard University, Sino-Platonic Papers, Columbia History of Chinese Literature, Dao De Jing, VernacularChinese…Chinese literature, Chinese language, 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...
Qian Xuantong

Qian Xuantong

male, deceased (1939)
Deqian, peking university, Qian Xia, VernacularChinese, baihua, Wuxing…Chinese character, chinese
Qian Xuantong was a Chinese phonetician who promoted vernacular Chinese. Born as Qian Xia (钱夏), his courtesy name was Deqian (德潜). Qian was born in...
Jin Shengtan

Jin Shengtan

male, deceased (1661)
novelist, VernacularChinese, Xixiang Ji, mainland china, writer, Shiji…Chinese style name, Chinese family name, chinese
Jin Shengtan (1608－7 August 1661), former name Zhang Cai (張采), also known as Jin Kui (金喟), was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been c...
Zhou Zuoren

Zhou Zuoren

male, deceased (1967)
Kyogen, May Fourth Movement, VernacularChinese, makura no sōshi, La Jeunesse, Chang Kai-shek…Classical Chinese, Chinese language, chinese, Chinese literature
Zhou Zuoren (Wade Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885-6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was...
Pu Songling

Pu Songling

male, deceased (1715)
Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan, Collector of fairy tales, Zibo, Shandong, Zibo, mongol, civil service examination…chinese, VernacularChinese, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
Pu Songling was from a poor landlord-merchant family from Zichuan (淄川, now Zibo, Shandong). Possibly he was of Mongol ancestry. At the age of nine...
Liu Bannong

Liu Bannong

male, deceased (1934)
Jiao Wo Ruhe Bu Xiang Ta, Republic of China poet, Chinese character, tone, yuan, yuan dynasty…chinese, VernacularChinese
Liu Bannong or Liu Fu (劉復) (1891 - 1934) was a Chinese linguist and poet. A native of Jiangsu, he was an important contributor to the infl...
Lin Shu

Lin Shu

male
Qinna, Dicken, The Old Curiosity Shop, La dame aux camélias, Literary Chinese, The Lady of the Camellias…chinese, VernacularChinese
Lin Shu, courtesy name Qinna (琴南), was a Chinese man of letters, most famous for his introducing Western literature to a whole generation of Chin...
Guan Hanqing

Guan Hanqing

male, deceased (1320)
Khanbaliq, Playwright, yuan dynasty, VernacularChinese, dao, chinese
Guan Hanqing, sobriquet "the Oldman of the Studio" (齋叟 Zhāisǒu), was born in the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, Dadu and produced about 65 plays,...