Tan Sitong

Tan Sitong

male, deceased (1898)
Tan Sitong (Chinese: 譚嗣同, Styled Fusheng 复生, Pseudonym: Zhuangfei 壮飞) (March 10 1865—September 28 1898) was an eminent Chinese revolutionary in...
Bak Mei

Bak Mei

male
Bak Mei is said to have been one of the legendary Five Elders - survivors of the destruction of the Shaolin Temple by the Qing Dynasty imperial...
Xu Shen

Xu Shen

male
Xǔ Shèn was the author of "Shuōwén Jiězì", which was the first etymological Chinese character dictionary, as well as the first to organize the ch...
Zheng Xie

Zheng Xie

male, deceased (1765)
Zheng Xie (1693-1765), commonly known as Zheng Banqiao, was a painter from Jiangsu. He began life in poverty, but rose in the exam system to become...
Bogd Khan

Bogd Khan

male, 85 years old
Bogd Khan, (Mongolian ; 1869-1924), was enthroned as the Emperor (Khan) of Mongolia on the 29th of December of 1911, when the country declared...

Oboi

male, deceased (1669)
Oboi (Ma: ;) (? -1669) was a highly decorated Manchurian military commander and courtier who served in various martial and administrative posts...
Dai Zhen

Dai Zhen

male, deceased (1777)
Dai Zhen was a notable scholar of the Qing Dynasty from Xiuning in Anhui province. A versatile scholar, he made great contributions to mathematics,...
Li Ao

Li Ao

male, deceased (841)
Lǐ Áo 李翱, styled Xizhi 习之 (772-841) was a Tang Dynasty philosopher and scholar. He was born in Chengji 成纪, Longxi 陇西, in the northwest of the e...
Liang Sicheng

Liang Sicheng

male, deceased (1972)
Liang Sicheng is the son of Liang Qichao, a well-known Chinese thinker in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), and returned from the United States...
Ruan Yuan

Ruan Yuan

male
Ruan Yuan (1764-1849), was a scholar official in the Qing Dynasty in Imperial China. He passed the jinshi exam in 1789 and was subsequently...