Li Shizhen（1518-1593）of Chaizhou in Hubei province，is considered to have been China's greatest naturalist.He was very interested in the proper classification...
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Shen Kuo（1031-1091）was a Chinese scientist，polymath，general，diplomat，and financial officer who was the inventor of compasses for navigation. In the book Meng Xi...
Born 429，Jiankang（modern Nanjing，Jiangsu Province），died 500，Zu Chongzhis was Chinese astronomer，mathematician，and engineer who created the Daming calendar and found several close approximations...
Hua Tuo is a famous physician of the Han Dynasty who is so widely respected thathis name and image adorn...
Zhang Heng（78-139），also spelled as Chang Heng，was an astronomy，mathematics，inventor，artist and literary scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty of Born in what...
Cai Lun（Wade-Giles:Ts'ai Lun）（c.50-121），courtesy name Jingzhong，was a Chinese eunuch，who is conventionally regarded as the inventor of paper，in forms recognizable in modern...
Father of the Nation Sun Yat-sen（November 12，1866-March 12，1925）was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader who is often referred to as...
Lin Zexu（1785-1850）was a Chinese scholar and official during the Qing dynasty.He is most famous for his active fight against opium...
Koxinga and His Childhood Koxinga is the popular name of Zheng Chenggong（Wade-Giles）Cheng Ch'eng-kung；Cheng Kung）（1624-1662），who was a List of famous military commanders...
Shi Kefa（1601-1650）was a Ming general，who in the last days of the Ming dynasty gave his life resisting the advancing Qing...
Early Life Qi Jiguang（1528-1588）was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty.He was best remembered for his...
Wen Tianxiang（Wade-Giles:Wen Tien-hsiang，1236-1283），also Man Tin Cheung，Duke of Xingguo，“The Song Dynasty's Top Ranking Scholar and Prime Minister，the West River's Filial Son...
Birth and Early Life He was born into a poor tenant farmer's family.His family village，Yue Village，was located in Tangyin County，Anyang...
Yangjia Jiang（lit.Generals of the Yang Clan）is a series of novels and plays which detail the exploits of the Yang military...
Mission to Xiongnu Su Wu（140-60 BC）was a diplomat and statesman during China's Han Dynasty，wel1-known in Chinese history for his faithfulness...
Zhou Enlai（Wade-Giles:Chou En-lai）（March 5，1898-January 8，1976），a prominent Communist Party of China leader，was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1949...
Mao Zedong（1893-1976）（also Mao Tse-Tung）was a Chinese Marxist military and political leader，who led the Chinese Communist Party（CCP）to victory against the Kuomintang（KMT）in...
Wang anshi（1021-1086）was a Chinese economist，statesman and poet of the Song Dynasty（960-1279）who attempted some controversial，major socio-economic reforms. His courtesy name was...
Early Life Zhuge Liang was born in Yangdu County in Langya Commandry，at present-day Yishui County，Shandong Province.He was the second of...
Shang Yang（Wade-Giles:Kung-sun Yang）（c.390-338 B.C.）was an important statesman of Qin in the Warring States Period of ancient China.With the support of...