Guan Zhong（died in 645 BC）was a politician in the Spring and Autumn Period. His given name was Yiwi.Zhong was his...
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The Kangxi Emperor（Wade-Giles:Kang-hsi；1654-1722）was the fourth Emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty，and the second Qing emperor to rule over all of...
The Hongwu Emperor（1328-1398），personal name Zhu Yuanzhang，was the founder of the Ming Dynasty of China，and the first emperor of this dynasty...
Genghis Khan（1162-1227），was a Mongol Khan and founder of the Mongol Empire，unifying independent Mongol tribes under his banner by 1206.One of...
Early Life Emperor Taizu（927-976），born Zhao Kuangyin，was the founder of the Song Dynastyof China，reigning from 960 to 976.His family was of...
Wu Zetian（624-705），personal name Wu Zhao，was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor.Ruling China...
Emperor Taizong of Tang（599-649），born Li Shimin，was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.He encouraged...
Cao Cao（155-220），zi Mende，was a regional warlord who rose to become the self-appointed Imperial Secretarist under Han Xian Di and the...
Emperor Wu of Han（156 BC-87 BC），personal name Liu Che，was the sixth emperor of China emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty，ruling...
Emperor Gao（256 BC or 247 BC-June 1，195 BC），commonly known inside China as Gaozu，personal name Liu Bang，was the first emperor of...
Qin Shi Huang（November or December 260 B.C.-September，210 B.C.），personal name Zheng，was king of the State of Qin from 247 B.C.to 221...
Sun Wu（544-496 BC）was a Chinese author of The Art of War（兵法），an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.He is...
Zhu Xi（Wade-Giles:Chu Hsi）（1130-1200）was a Song Dynasty（960-1279）Confucian scholar who became one of most significant Neo-Confucianism in China.He taught at the famous...
Wang Chong（27-c.97）was a Chinese philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a rational，secular，naturalistic，and mechanistic account of the world and of...
Dong Zhongshu（Wade-Giles Tung Chung-shu）（179-104 B.C.）was a Han Dynasty scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as official...
Han Fei（c.280-233 B.C.），a native of the State of Han and a former student of Xun Zi，synthesized the thoughts of the...
Xun Zi（c.313-238 B.C.），whose given name was Kuang and courtesy name Qing，was born in the State of Zhao and was a...
Mo Zi（Mo-tse：468-376 B.C.）was China's first true philosopher.Mo Zi pioneered the argumentative essay style and constructed the first normative and political...
Confucius was followed by Mencius，and Lao Zi by Zhuang Zi.In those cases，the first was the real teacher and either wrote...
Lao Zi（also spelled Lao Tzu，or Lao Tse）was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the...