Zhang Sanfeng

Zhang Sanfeng

male
Zhang Sanfeng was a semi-mythical Chinese Taoist priest who is believed by some to have achieved immortality, said variously to date from either...
Zhang Daoling

Zhang Daoling

male
Zhang Daoling, also commonly called Zhang Ling, was an Eastern Han dynasty (2nd Century CE) Taoist hermit who founded the Zhengyi Mengwei Tianshi...

Zhu XI

male, deceased (1200)
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (born October 18, 1130, Yuxi, Fujian province, China - died April 23, 1200, China) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian...
Wang Wei

Wang Wei

female, deceased (1647)
Wang Wei was a Chinese woman poet. Orphaned at the age of seven, she became a courtesan in Yangzhou. In later life she was twice married and twice...
Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin

female, 80 years old
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (born October 21, 1929) is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories,...
Wang Bi

Wang Bi

male, deceased (249)
Wang Bi, courtesy name Fu Si (辅嗣), was a Chinese philosopher. His most important works are commentaries on Laozi's "Dao De Jing" and the "I Chin...
Ge Hong

Ge Hong

male, deceased (364)
Ge Hong was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263-420), best known for his interest in Daoism, alchemy, and techniques of l...

John Blofeld

male
John Eaton Calthorpe Blofeld (Born Anthony, April 2, 1913-June 7, 1987) was a British scholar of Asian thought and religion, especially Taoism and...
Lam Ching Ying

Lam Ching Ying

male, deceased (1997)
Lam Ching-ying (born: December 27, 1952 in Shanghai; died November 8, 1997 in Hong Kong) was a Chinese actor, action director and director. A...
Han Fei

Han Fei

male
Han Fei (韓非) (ca. 280-233 BC) was a philosopher who, along with Li Si, developed Xun Zi's philosophy into the doctrine embodied by the "School of L...