Guo Xiang

Guo Xiang

male, deceased (312)
Guo Xiang (d. 312 C.E.), is credited with the first and most important revision of the text known as the Zhuangzi which, along with the Laozi,...
Yang Zhu

Yang Zhu

male
Yang Zhu, was a Chinese philosopher during the Warring States period. An early Hedonist, Epicurean, or Sophist alternative to Confucian thought,...
Gia-Fu Feng

Gia-Fu Feng

male, deceased (1985)
Gia-fu Feng (b.1919, d.1985) was prominent as both an English translator (with his wife, Jane English) of Daoist classics and a Daoist teacher in...
Dong Haichuan

Dong Haichuan

male
Dong Haichuan was born on the 13th of October 1797 (or 1813) in Zhu village, Ju Jia Wu Township, Wen An County, Hebei Province, China and died on...
Yang Xiong

Yang Xiong

male, deceased (18)
Yang Xiong was a Chinese Daoist, poet, and author from modern Chengdu, Sichuan. Yang is considered a materialist. He did not believe human nature...
Yu Xuanji

Yu Xuanji

female, deceased (869)
Yu Xuanji, courtesy names Youwei (幼微) and Huilan (蕙兰), was a Chinese poet born in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty. She is distinctive for being th...
Xue Tao

Xue Tao

female, deceased (831)
Xue Tao (768-831) was a Chinese poet from the Tang Dynasty. Xue Tao was the daughter of a minor government official in Xian, which was the Chinese...
Lie Yukou

Lie Yukou

male
Lie Yukou is considered the author of the Daoist book "Liezi", which uses his honorific name Liezi (列子; Lièzĭ; Lieh-tzu; "Master Lie"). The second...
Fan Kuan

Fan Kuan

male, deceased (1030)
Fan Kuan was a Chinese landscape painter during the Northern Song Dynasty. Fan is listed as the 59th of the 100 most important people of the last...
Dai Wangshu

Dai Wangshu

male, deceased (1950)
Dai Wangshu (also Tai Wang-shu or Tai Van-chou) (March 5 1905-February 28 1950) was a Chinese poet, essayist and translator active from the late...