April 2023

A historian who is familiar with the changes of the past and the present Overview Chinese Name: 司马迁 English Name: Sima Qian Other Names: Shi Qian 史迁, Lord Grand Historian太史公 Born: 145 BC or 135 BC Died: Unknown Achievements: Compile Shiji 编著《史记》 Creating the biographical literature 开创纪传体史学 Main Works: Shiji 《史记》 Report to Ren Shaoqing 《报任少卿书》   Sima Qian 司马迁 […]

The sage of Chinese poetry Overview Chinese Name: 杜甫 English Name: Du Fu Other Names: Du Shaoling 杜少陵, Du Gongbu 杜工部, Du Shiyi 杜拾遗, Du Caotang 杜草 Born: February 12, 712 Died: 770 Achievements: A great realistic writer in the Tang Dynasty 唐代伟大的现实主义文学作家 A master of the thought and art of Tang Poetry 唐诗思想艺术的集大成者 Main Works: Wangyue 望岳 Denggao 登高

The founder of Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism Overview Chinese Name: 宗喀巴 English Name: Je Tsongkhapa Other Names: Losang Drakpa 罗桑扎巴, Zongkaba 宗喀巴 Born: October 10, 1357 Died: October 25, 1419 Achievements: The founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism 藏传佛教格鲁派的创立者 Be honored by the Tibetans as the Second Buddha 藏族人尊称为第二佛陀 Main Works: The Great Treatise on the Stages of

The founder of new historiography Overview Chinese Name: 梁启超 English Name: Liang Qichao Other Names: Yin Bing Zi 饮冰子, New people of China 中国之新民, Master of Freedom House 自由斋主人 Born: February 23, 1873 Died: January 19, 1929 Achievements: Participate in “Joint Petition of Imperial Examination Candidates to the Emperor” and call for salvation 参与“公车上书”，呼吁救亡图存 Publicize the idea of reform and

A modern generalist as well as a literary and historical master Overview Chinese Name: 郭沫若 English Name: Guo Moruo Other Names: Guo Kaizhen 郭开贞, Wenbao 文豹, Dingtang 鼎堂 Born: November 16, 1892 Died: June 12, 1978 Main Works: Goddess: Songs and Poems 女神：戏剧诗歌集 Chu Yuan: Five Acts 屈原：五幕剧   Guo Moruo 郭沫若 Brief Biography of Guo Moruo Guo Moruo (November

King Wuling of Zhao, who founded a new military system by riding and shooting Overview Chinese Name: 赵雍 English Name: Zhao Yong Other Names: King Wuling of Zhao 赵武灵王 Born: 340 B.C. Died: 295 B.C. Achievements: Pursue the policy of “riding and shooting in a Hu suit” 推行“胡服骑射” Destroy the Zhongshan State 灭亡中山国 Zhao Yong 赵雍 Brief Biography of Zhao Yong

A Tubo Zanpu who combined with the Tang Dynasty Overview Chinese Name: 松赞干布 English Name: Songtsen Gampo Other Names: Qizong Nongzan 弃宗弄赞, Qizong Nong 弃宗农 Born: 617 Died: 650 Achievements: Unify Tibet and officially establish the Tubo Dynasty 统一西藏，正式建立吐蕃王朝 Reform the political and military systems 改革政治、军事制度 Songtsen Gampo 松赞干布 Brief Biography of Songtsen Gampo Songtsen Gampo is the 33rd Zanpu

Emperor Wei Xiaowen, a Chinese reformer who promoted national integration Overview Chinese Name: 拓跋宏 English Name: Tuoba Hong Other Names: Yuan Hong 元宏 Born: October 13, 467 Died: April 26, 499 Achievements: Relocation of capital to Luoyang 迁都洛阳 Reforming the administration of officials 改革吏治 Vigorously develop Confucianism 大兴儒学 Tuoba Hong 拓跋宏 Brief Biography of Tuoba Hong Tuoba Hong was an

The cotton textile promoter Overview Chinese Name: 黄道婆 English Name: Huang Daopo Other Names: Huang Po 黄婆, Huang Mu 黄母 Born: 1245？ Died: 1330？ Achievements: Spread textile technology 传播纺织技术 Huang Daopo 黄道婆 Brief Biography of Huang Daopo Huang Daopo 黄道婆 was a famous cotton weaver and technical reformer in the late Song and early Yuan Dynasties 元朝. Huang Daopo (1245?-1330?), also

An outstanding agricultural scientist Overview Chinese Name: 贾思勰 English Name: Jia Sixie Born: Unknown Died: Unknown Achievements: Establish a relatively complete agronomy system 建立较完整的农学体系 Main Works: Important Arts for the Peoples Walfare 齐民要术 Jia Sixie 贾思勰 Brief Biography of Jia Sixie Jia Sixie, a minister in the northern and Eastern Wei dynasties, was an outstanding agronomist in ancient China.