Qu Yuan

Qu Yuan

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suicide by drowning politician poet Tuen Ng Festival Dragon Boat Festival Chu Ci … Warring States Period
Qu Yuan (ca. 340 BC - 278 BC) was a Chinese patriotic poet from southern Chu during the Warring States Period. His works are mostly found in an... More
Laozi

Laozi

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Daodejing Founder of religions zhou dynasty Chinese Taoist Taishang Laojun Three Pure Ones … Warring States Period
Laozi (also Lao Tse, Laotze, Lao Zi, and other variations) was a philosopher of ancient China and an important figure in Taoism (also called... More

Zhuangzi

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Logician Chinese Taoist Hundred Schools of Thought Warring States Period Pinyin Wade-Giles
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher... More
Han Fei

Han Fei

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school of law the state of Han Confucianist Lao Zi Warring States Period Chinese philosophy
Han Fei (韓非) (ca. 280-233 BC) was a philosopher who, along with Li Si, developed Xun Zi's philosophy into the doctrine embodied by the "School of L... More
Shang Yang

Shang Yang

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philosopher Shāng Yāng Kung-sun Yang Duke Xiao of Qin The Book of Lord Shang Warring States Period
Shang Yang (d. 338 BC) was an important statesman of Qin in the Warring States Period of ancient China. With the support of Duke Xiao of Qin, Shang... More
Sun Bin

Sun Bin

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General writer Military writer art of war chinese Warring States Period
Sun Bin was a military strategist who lived during the Warring States Period in ancient China. Born in Qi, he was a member of a local Sun family... More
Zhang Liang

Zhang Liang

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Zifang qin dynasty Marquess Wencheng of Liang courtesy name Han Dynasty politician The Grand Duke's Art of War … Warring States Period
Zhang Liang, courtesy name Zifang (子房), formally Marquess Wencheng of Liang, was a descendant from a noble family of State of Hán during the Warri... More
Zhang Yi

Zhang Yi

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wei qin Strategist Warring States Period State of Wei
Zhang Yi (張儀) (???-309 BC), born in State of Wei during the Warring States Period of China. He was an important strategist helping Qin to diss... More

Bai Qi

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Shaanxi Province Qin Dynasty general General qin Military chinese … Warring States Period
Bai Qi (?-257 BC) was an outstanding military leader in the state of Qin in the Warring States Period. Born in Mei (now the Mei County in Shaanxi... More
Wang Jian

Wang Jian

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Qin Dynasty general zhou dynasty General qin shanxi chinese … Warring States Period
Wang Jian (year of birth and death unknown), a military leader of Qin (state) in the Warring States Period. He was born in Guanzhong county, city... More