Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong

male, deceased (1976)
Chinese communist, Cold War leader, Cultural Revolution, communist, chinese, great leap forward…Wade-Giles
Mao Zedong (also "Mao Tse-tung" in Wade-Giles;) was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader and philosopher, who led the Communist Party of...
Mencius

Mencius

male
philosopher, chinese, Meng Tzu, Confucianism, Meng Zhu, Mèng Zǐ…Wade-Giles
Mencius (Romanization; 孟子, pinyin: Mèng Zǐ; Wade-Giles: Meng Tzu; most accepted dates: 372 – 289 BCE; other possible dates: 385 – 303/302 BCE) was a...

Zhuangzi

male
Logician, Chinese Taoist, Hundred Schools of Thought, Warring States Period, Pinyin, Wade-Giles
Zhuangzi (Traditional: 莊子; Simplified: 庄子, Pinyin: Zhuāng Zǐ, Wade-Giles: Chuang Tzŭ, "lit". "Master Zhuang") was an influential Chinese philosopher...
Herbert Giles

Herbert Giles

male, deceased (1935)
Columbia University, Tamsui Township, Inventor of writing systems, Columbia University faculty, British in China, shanghai…Wade-Giles, Herbert Allen Giles
Herbert Allen Giles was a British diplomat and sinologist, educated at Charterhouse. He modified a Mandarin Chinese Romanization system established...

Puyi

male, deceased (1967)
Pu-i, Pretenders to the Chinese throne, Pretenders to the Manchu throne, manchu, Manchu clan, taboo…Wade-Giles
In English, he is known more simply as Puyi ("Pu-i" in Wade-Giles romanization), which is in accordance with the Manchu tradition of never using an...
Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang

male, deceased (1989)
Chinese people in history, From HuNan, Chinese language, chinese, Leader of the Communist Party of China, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989…Wade-Giles
Hu Yaobang (Chinese: 胡耀邦 Pinyin: Hú Yàobāng, Wade-Giles: Hu Yao-pang; November 20, 1915-April 15, 1989) was a leader of the People's Republic...
Yongle Emperor

Yongle Emperor

male, deceased (1424)
Encyclopedist, ming dynasty, Ming Dynasty emperor, nanjing, capital, Ming Dynasty general…Wade-Giles
The Yongle Emperor (May 2, 1360 - August 12, 1424), born Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty of China from 1402 to 1424. His era name...
Jung Chang

Jung Chang

female, 57 years old
historian, Mao The Unknown Story, censorship in the People's Republic of China, Simplified Chinese character, Alumni of the University of York, Traditional Chinese character…Wade-Giles
Jung Chang (born March 25, 1952) is a Chinese-born British writer, best known for her family autobiography "Wild Swans", selling over 10 million...
Zeng Guofan

Zeng Guofan

male, deceased (1872)
Military leader of the Taiping Rebellion, taiping rebellion, qing dynasty, confucian, Qing Dynasty general, From HuNan…Wade-Giles
Zēng Guófán (Wade-Giles: Tseng Kuo-fan, Styled Bóhán 伯函 and variably Díshēng 滌生; Posthumous name: Wenzheng 文正; created Marquess Yiyong of the First...
Peng Dehuai

Peng Dehuai

male, deceased (1974)
Chinese military personnel of the Korean War, Marshal of China, Simplified Chinese, From HuNan, Communist Party of China, Cultural Revolution…Wade-Giles
Peng Dehuai (T. Chinese: 彭德懷, S. Chinese: 彭德怀, Pinyin: Péng Déhuái, Wade-Giles: P'eng Te-huai) (October 24, 1898 - November 29 1974) was a prominent...