Yue Fei

Yue Fei

male, deceased (1142)
Yue Fei (March 17, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a Chinese patriot and nationalist military leader who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against...
Huang Taiji

Huang Taiji

male, deceased (1643)
Huang Taiji (1592 - September 21 1643; reigned 1626 - 1643) (transliteration from Manchu: Hong Taiji or Hung Taiji) was the first Emperor of the...
Wanyan Aguda

Wanyan Aguda

male, deceased (1123)
Wanyan Aguda (1068-1123, r. 1115-1123) was the chieftain of the Jurchen (女真) Wanyan (完颜) tribe, founder and first emperor of the Jin Dynasty...
Su Song

Su Song

male, deceased (1101)
Su Song (style Zirong was a renowned Chinese statesman, astronomer, cartographer, horologist, pharmacologist, mineralogist, zoologist, botanist,...
Wang Khan

Wang Khan

male, deceased (1203)
Wang Khan, also Ong Khan, was the title given to the Kerait ruler Toghrul by the Jurchen Jin Dynasty of China. Like the rest of their tribe he may...
Giocangga

Giocangga

male, deceased (1582)
Giocangga was the grandfather of Nurhaci, the man who was to unify the Jurchen peoples and begin building the Manchu state. Both he and his son...
Won Gyun

Won Gyun

male, deceased (1597)
Won Gyun (1540 - 1597) was a Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty. He is best known for his campaigns against Japanese during...

Taksi

male, deceased (1582)
Taksi was a Jurchen cheiftan and father of Nurhaci and the forth son of Giocangga. A member of the Gioro clan, he was killed in an attack on Gure...

Yelü Dashi

male, deceased (1144)
Yelü Dashi (耶律大石 Yēlǜ Dàshí or 耶律達實 Yēlǜ Dáshí), or Yeh-Lu Ta-Shih was the founder of the Western Liao dynasty, or the Kara-Khitan Khanate. Yelü...

Li Chengliang

male, deceased (1615)
Li Chengliang (1526-1615) was a Chinese general of Korean descent in the reign of the Wanli Emperor during the Ming Dynasty who was in charge of...