People
People
- Confucius 551–479 BC
- Qin Shi Huang 259–210 BC
- Sima Qian c. 145–c. 86 BC
- Zhuge Liang 181–234
- Emperor Taizong of Tang 598–649
- Wu Zetian 624–705
- Li Bai 701–762
- Kublai Khan 1215–1294
- Hongwu Emperor 1328–1398
- Zheng He 1371–c. 1433
- Kangxi Emperor 1654–1722
- Sun Yat-sen 1866–1925
- Yu the Great legendary (founder of the Xia)
- King Zhou of Shang d. c. 1046 BC
- Laozi c. 6th century BC (traditional)
- Sun Tzu c. 6th–5th century BC
- Xiang Yu 232–202 BC
- Liu Bang 256–195 BC
- Emperor Wu of Han 156–87 BC
- Cao Cao 155–220
- Liu Bei 161–223
- Guan Yu d. 220 (birth year unknown)
- Wang Xizhi c. 303–c. 361
- Emperor Yang of Sui 569–618
- Du Fu 712–770
- Yang Guifei 719–756
- Xuanzang c. 602–664
- Emperor Taizu of Song 927–976
- Su Shi 1037–1101
- Yue Fei 1103–1142
- Genghis Khan c. 1162–1227
- Yongle Emperor 1360–1424
- Qianlong Emperor 1711–1799
- Empress Dowager Cixi 1835–1908
- Puyi 1906–1967
- Chiang Kai-shek 1887–1975
- Lu Xun 1881–1936
- Mao Zedong 1893–1976
- Zhou Enlai 1898–1976
- Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997