Agnes Martin

Agnes Martin

female, deceased (2004)
Agnes Martin (March 22, 1912 - December 16, 2004) was a Canadian-American painter, often referred to as a minimalist, although she considered...
Shen Dao

Shen Dao

male
Shen Dao was an itinerant Chinese philosopher from Zhao who also served at the Jixia academy in Qi. His own original 42 essays have been lost, and...
Wu Qi

Wu Qi

male
Wu Qi (d. 381 BC) was a Chinese military leader and politician in the warring states period. Born in the state of Wei (衛), he was good at leading an...
Pang Tong

Pang Tong

male
Páng Tǒng (龐統) (178-213AD), courtesy name Shìyuán (士元), was an advisor to Liu Bei during the Later Han period. His Taoist name was Young Phoeni...
Yang Guifei

Yang Guifei

female, deceased (756)
Yáng Guìfēi, Yáng: (a common surname), Guìfēi: 'highest-ranking imperial concubine' (literally means 'precious princess consort'), (June 1, 719 -...
Wang Yuanlu

Wang Yuanlu

male
Wang Yuanlu (c.a. 1849 - 1931) was a Taoist priest acting as an abbot of the caves in Dunhuang at the beginning of the 20th century. He discovered...

Sun Bu'Er

female
Sun Bu'er, one of the Taoist Seven Masters of Quanzhen lived circa 1119 – 1182 C.E. in the Shandong province of China. She was a beautiful, in...
John P. Milton

John P. Milton

male
John P. Milton is a meditation and Qi Gong instructor, author, and a pioneering environmentalist. He pioneered vision questing in contemporary...
Cui Hao

Cui Hao

male, deceased (450)
Cui Hao (崔浩) (d. 450), courtesy name Boyuan (伯淵), was a prime minister of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei. Largely because of Cui's co...
Liu Ling

Liu Ling

male
Liu Ling, born 221 and died 300, was a Chinese poet and scholar. Little information survives about his family background, though he is described in...