- 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...
- male, deceased (1765)
- Zheng Xie (1693-1765), commonly known as Zheng Banqiao, was a painter from Jiangsu. He began life in poverty, but rose in the exam system to become...
- male
- Yuanji Shitao, born Zhu Ruoji (1642 - 1707) was a Chinese artist. Born in Quanzhou County in Guangxi province, Shitao was a member of the Ming...
- male, deceased (1856)
- Wei Yuan. Chinese scholar from Shaoyang in Hunan province, moved to Yangzhou in 1831, where he remained for the rest of his life. Wei obtained the...
- male, deceased (1764)
- Born in 1687 in Hangzhou, Jin Nong (金農) became popular as a painter and calligrapher while living as a childless widower in Yangzhou in his sixt...
- male, deceased (1650)
- Shi Kefa, born in Kaifeng, Henan, was a Ming general and calligrapher, who in the last days of the Ming Dynasty gave his life resisting the...
- male, deceased (618)
- Emperor Yang of Sui, personal name Yang Guang (楊廣), alternative name Ying (英), nickname Amo (阿摩), known as Emperor Ming (明帝) during the brief reig...
- male
- Zhang Ying (張英) was a servant serving under Liu Yao, and protector of Yangzhou. However, when Sun Ce led an invasion, he greatly boasted to Sun Ce t...
- male
- Jianzhen or Ganjin was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit...
- male, deceased (192)
- Yuan Yi was a scholar near the end of the Han Dynasty in China. He is also an elder cousin of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. He participated in the...
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