Xu Guangqi was the first Chinese person to introduce advanced European scientific knowledge into the country in the late Ming...
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Bi Sheng,a common artisan living during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), was the inventor of the world's first movable type...
Sun Simiao，the author of the earliest encyclopedia for traditional Chinese medicine，has been worshiped across the country as the King of...
Li Daoyuan was a renowned geographer and essayist during the Northern Wei Dynasty（386-534 AD）.Ever since its publication，his"Shui Jing Zhu，"or"Commentary on...
Jia Sixie was a famous agronomist in the Northern Wei Dynasty（386-534 AD）.He was also the author of“Qiming Yaoshu”or"Essential Techniques for...
Zhang Zhongjing was a famous doctor in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）.His medical master-piece"Shanghan Zabing Lun，”or“Treatise...
Bian Que was originally the name of a fabled doctor during the period of the Yellow Emperor，who reigned from 2697-2597...
Lu Ban，also known as Gongshu Ban，was born into a family that had been practicing carpentry for several genera-tions in the...
Empress Dowager Cixi died，just hours after her son Emperor Guang Xu，in 1908（Someone says three days） .With her went China's last...
Foreign Invasions to China and Internal Revolutions in the 19th Century China had been in decline since the late 18th...
According to legend，an illiterate woodsman Huineng founded the“Sudden Enlightenment”Southern Chan School ofBuddhism and propounded the idea that everyone possesses “the...
Cao Xueqin was a great writer during the Qing Dynasty（1616-1911），and best-known as the author of“A Dream of Red Mansions，”one of...
Wu Cheng'en was a renowned writer and poet of the Ming Dynasty（1368-1644）.He was also widely credited as the author of"Journey...
Shi Nai'an is widely believed to be the first author or compiler of"Water Margin”（also known as"Outlaws of the Marsh”or"All Men...
The White Lotus was a religious sect，which combined elements of Buddhism，Taoism，and a few doomsday prophecies.The most important tenet of their...
In the 1790s, China seemed a vast and powerful state. It was an empire incomparably ancient and enormously rich. It...
Guan Hanqing is widely regarded as one of the greatestplaywrights in Chinese history and is known as China's Shakespeare. Little...
The Emperor Qianlong （see Figure 18）wasborn Hongli （September 25，1711-February 7，1799）.He was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing dynasty，and the...
Cao Zhi was a famous poet during the late Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）and the Three Kingdoms Period（220-280AD）.He created a unique...
Sima Xiangru was a great writer and the creator of“fu，"a literary form combining rhyming poetry and prose during the Western...