Wu Peifu

Wu Peifu

male, deceased (1939)
Warlord in Republican China, Second Zhili-Fengtian War, qingdynasty, Chinese people in history, shandong, figure
Wu Peifu or Wu P'ei-fu, was a major figure in the struggles between the warlords who dominated Republican China from 1916 to 1927. Born in Shandong...
Empress Dowager Ci'An

Empress Dowager Ci'An

female, deceased (1881)
Women leader of China, Manchus, Qing Dynasty empress dowager, qingdynasty, Qing Dynasty empress, Regents of China
The Empress Dowager Ci'an 1837 - April 8, 1881, popularly known in China as the East Empress Dowager, before she was widowed known as Empress Zhen,...
Wu Jingzi

Wu Jingzi

male, deceased (1754)
novelist, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Chuzhou, Anhui, jinshi, qing, Rulin Waishi…qingdynasty
Wu Jingzi was a Chinese scholar and writer born in now Chuzhou, Anhui and died in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. Wu was born into a well-to-do family, his...
Yung Wing

Yung Wing

male, deceased (1912)
Yale University alumni, P.S. 124, new england, Mary Kellogg, Morrison Brown Yung, Bartlett Golden Yung…qingdynasty
Yung Wing. Born in Zhuhai in Guangdong province, he studied in Robert Morrison's missionary schools as a boy where Tong King-sing was a classmate....
Reginald Johnston

Reginald Johnston

male, deceased (1938)
Scottish, From Edinburgh, Pedagogue, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Magdalen College, Oxford, Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford…qingdynasty
Sir Reginald Fleming Johnston (1874-1938) was a Scottish academic, diplomat and pedagogue and the tutor of Puyi, the last emperor of China, and...
Zhang Binglin

Zhang Binglin

male, deceased (1936)
niang, revolutionary, Wen Shi, syllable onset, Middle Chinese, qingdynasty…qing, Qing Empire, Discussing Qing Bulletin
Zhang Binglin (章炳麟), also known as Zhang Taiyan (December 25 1868 - June 14 1936), was a Chinese philologist and revolutionist. Zhang is regard...

Peter Parker

male, deceased (1888)
Christian Medical missionary, tumor, Yale University alumni, missionary, physician, congregational church…qingdynasty
Peter Parker, M.D., (1804 - 1888) was an American physician and a missionary who traveled extensively in Qing Dynasty China. Parker was born in...
Wong Kei Ying

Wong Kei Ying

male, deceased (1886)
from Nanhai, Cantonese, martial art, qingdynasty, once upon a time in china, iron monkey
Wong Kei Ying (or Huang Qi-Ying) (18?? - 1886) is best known as the father of the Chinese folk hero and martial arts master Wong Fei Hung. Kei-Ying...
Weng Tonghe

Weng Tonghe

male, deceased (1904)
qingdynasty, guangxu, qing, Scholar, chinese, from Jiangsu
Weng Tonghe. Chinese Confucian scholar and imperial tutor during the Qing dynasty. In 1856, he was awarded the highest degree in the imperial...
Huang Zunxian

Huang Zunxian

male, deceased (1905)
Qing Dynasty poet, qingdynasty, Riben Kuozhi, Kwangtung, Riben Zashi Shi, Chaoxian Celue
Huang Zunxian was a Chinese writer and poet of the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). He was born in Chia-ying, now Mei-hsien, in the Kwangtung...