Gia Long

Gia Long

male
Emperor Gia Long, born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, was an emperor of Vietnam. He founded the Nguyễn Dynasty in 1802 by unifying what is now modern Vietna...
Reginald Johnston

Reginald Johnston

male, deceased (1938)
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the tutor of Puyi, the last emperor of China, and...
Duy Tan

Duy Tan

male, deceased (1945)
Emperor Duy Tân (維新), born in 1899, was one of only two Nguyễn Dynasty emperors to gain widespread respect and popularity in Vietnam. His name wa...
Karen Briggs

Karen Briggs

female, 46 years old
Karen Briggs, (born 1963), was born in New York City and grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia. Taking violin lessons from an early age, Briggs attended...
Huang Fu

Huang Fu

male, deceased (1936)
Huang Fu (黃郛) (1883-1936) was a general and politician in early republican China. He was born in Hangzhou. Huang came in contact with the Revo...
Yin Fu

Yin Fu

male
Yin Fu (尹福) (China, Zhang Huai, 1840 - China, 1909 June 28) was a Baguazhang disciple of Dong Haichuan responsible for the creation of the Yin Styl...

Imperial Guards Brigade

male
The Imperial Guards Brigade of Manchu Bannermen were a select detachment of cavalry officers responsible for guarding the Forbidden City in...

Yang Lu-Ch'An

male, deceased (1872)
Yang Lu-ch'an or Yang Luchan, 楊露禪, also known as Yang Fu-k'ui (楊福魁) (1799-1872), born in Kuang-p'ing (Guangping), was an influential teacher of t...

Wu Ch'Uan-Yu

male, deceased (1902)
Wu Ch'uan-yu or Wu Quanyou was an influential teacher of T'ai Chi Ch'uan in late Imperial China. He is credited as the founder of the Wu style T'ai...
Consort Li

Consort Li

female, deceased (1890)
Li Fei of the Tatala clan (他他拉氏) (1837 - 1890). Daughter of Jiahai (庆海). She entered the Forbidden City in 1850 to marry the Xianfeng emperor who...