Du Fu

Du Fu

male, deceased (770)
Tang Dynasty poet, Culture of China, Chinese poet, milton, western, shakespeare…tangdynasty
Du Fu (712 - 770) was a prominent Chinese poet of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai (Li Po), he is frequently called the greatest of the Chinese...
Li Bai

Li Bai

male, deceased (762)
Poet Immortal, liquor, Japanese language, Herbert Allen Giles, 701 in poetry, Tang Dynasty poet…tangdynasty, Tang xuanzong
Li Bai or Li Po (701-762) was a Chinese poet who lived during the Tang Dynasty. Called the Poet Immortal, Li Bai is often regarded, along with Du...
Wang Wei

Wang Wei

male, deceased (761)
Tang Dynasty politician, Tang Dynasty poet, chinese, landscape, chancellor, bodhi…tangdynasty
Wang Wei, sometimes titled the "Poet Buddha", was a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, musician, painter and statesman. From a high family, he passed the...
Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian

female, deceased (705)
medieval woman, Tang Dynasty Buddhist, tangdynasty, emperor, Wu Zhao, Emperor Shengshen…Tang Dynasty empress
Wu Zetian (625 – December 16, 705), personal name Wu Zhao (武曌), was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor. Ruling...
Xuanzang

Xuanzang

male, deceased (664)
Sui Dynasty Buddhist, Tang Dynasty Buddhist, tang, perception, sanskrit, Chinese people in history…tangdynasty
Xuanzang (was a famous Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early...
I Ching

I Ching

male, deceased (713)
Tang Dynasty Buddhist, nalanda, tangdynasty, Translator, Buddhist, chinese
I Ching (monk) or Yi Jing (義淨, 三藏法師義淨 635-713) was a Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk, originally named Zhang Wen Ming (張文明). The written records of his...
Bai Juyi

Bai Juyi

male, deceased (846)
Haku Rakuten, Tang Dynasty politician, Tang Dynasty poet, chinese, Guqin, Po Chü-i…tangdynasty
Bai Juyi or Po Chü-i was a Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty. His poems are not cheerful, and were themed around his responsibilities as a governor o...
An Lushan

An Lushan

male, deceased (757)
Rokhan, An Shi Rebellion, Turkic, Sogdian, manchuria, turk…Tang Dynasty general, Tang Frontier Wars, tangdynasty
An Lushan (703 - 757) was a military leader of Turkic-Sogdian origin during the Tang Dynasty in China. He rose to prominence by fighting during the...

Princess Wencheng

male, deceased (680)
tangdynasty, Tang Dynasty princess, Tang China, Princess Wen Cheng, Chinese language, ota…Emperor Taizong of Tang China, Yarlung Dynasty
The Chinese Princess Wencheng, was a niece of the powerful Emperor Taizong of Tang of Tang China, who left China in 640, according to records,...
Liu Ji

Liu Ji

male, deceased (646)
chancellor, tangdynasty, sui dynasty, courtesy name, Tang Dynasty poet, Tang Dynasty chancellor
Liu Ji (劉洎) (d. 646), courtesy name Sidao (思道), was a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, who was particularly relied on by Em...