Xu Guangqi

Xu Guangqi

male, deceased (1633)
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) was a Chinese bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician of the Ming Dynasty.
Qiu Ying

Qiu Ying

male, deceased (1552)
Qiu Ying (仇英; pinyin: Qiú Yīng, Wade-Giles Ch'iu Ying was a Chinese painter who specialized in the "gongbi" brush technique. He was born to a peasan...
Tang Xianzu

Tang Xianzu

male, deceased (1616)
Tang Xianzu (September 24, 1550 - July 29, 1616) was a Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty. Tang was a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi and his...
Wang Hui

Wang Hui

male, deceased (1717)
Wang Hui (1632 - 1717) was a Chinese landscape painter, the best known of the Four Wangs. He, and the three other Wangs, dominated orthodox art in...
Liu Ji

Liu Ji

male, deceased (1375)
Liu Ji (Simplified Chinese: 刘基; Traditional Chinese: 劉基; Pinyin: Liú Jī; Wade-Giles: Liu Chi; July 1, 1311 — 16 May, 1375), courtesy name Liu Bow...
Frederic Wakeman

Frederic Wakeman

male, deceased (2006)
Frederic Evans Wakeman, Jr. (December 12, 1937-September 14, 2006) was a prominent American scholar of Chinese history. Wakeman was born in Kansas...
Jiajing Emperor

Jiajing Emperor

male, deceased (1567)
The Jiajing Emperor (September 16, 1507-January 23, 1567) was the 11th emperor of China (Ming dynasty) between 1521-1567. Born Zhu Houcong, he was...
Wu Han

Wu Han

male
Wu Han (吳晗, 1909-1969) was a party official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Wu Han was comm...
Ma Huan

Ma Huan

male
Ma Huan, courtesy name Chung-dao 宗道, pen name Mountain-woodcutter, born in Hui Ji county of Zhejiang province. He was a Muslim voyager and tran...