Chinese Celebrities

A pioneer in absorbing western science Overview Chinese Name: 徐光启 English Name: Xu Guangqi Other Names: Xu Zixian徐子先 Born: April 24, 1562 Died: November 8, 1633   Achievements: Absorb European science and technology Promoting cultural exchanges between China and the West in the 17th century   Main Works： Complete book of agricultural administration农政全书 Chongzhen Almanac崇祯历书   Xu Guangqi徐光启 Brief Biography […]

The founder of the people’s Republic of China Overview Chinese Name: 毛泽东 English Name: Mao Zedong Other Names: Mao Runzi毛润之, Mao Zhuxi毛主席 Born: December 26, 1893 Died: September 9, 1976   Achievements: Establishing the basic socialist system in China Leading the establishment of the people’s Republic of China The main founder of Mao Zedong Thought（Maoism毛泽东思想）   Main Works： Selected works

The hundred Masters of War Overview Chinese Name: 孙武 / 孙子 English Name:Sun Wu,Sun Tzu , Sun Zi Other Names: Ultimate Master of War兵圣 Born: 545BC Died: 470BC Achievements: Defeated the State of Chu with fewer victories and more defeats 以少胜多大败楚国 Writing the thirteen masterpiece ‘The Art of War’ 编写巨作《孙子兵法》十三篇 The father of Eastern military science 东方兵学的鼻祖 Sun Tzu

The inheritor and representative of Confucianism Overview Chinese Name: 荀子 English Name: Xunzi Other Names: Xun Kuang 荀况：Xun Qing 荀卿 Born: 313BC Died: 238BC Achievements: One of the main representatives of the Confucianism 儒家学派主要代表人物之一 created Xunzi 创作了《荀子》 Brief Biography of Xunzi Xunzi 荀子 summed up the theoretical achievements of a hundred schools of thought and his academic thought, and established

The inheritors and innovators of Taoism Overview Chinese Name: 庄周 English Name: Zhuang Zhou:Zhuangzi:Chuang Tzu Other Names: Zhuang Zixiu 庄子休 Born: 369BC Died: 286BC Achievements: One of the main representatives of the Taoism道家学派主要代表人物之一 Founded the philosophical Zhuangzi school创立了哲学上的庄子学派 Created Zhuangzi 创作了《庄子》 Brief Biography of Zhuang Zhou Zhuang Zhou庄周 is the famous thinker, philosopher, and writer in the middle of the Warring States

A great pioneer of China’s Democratic Revolution Overview Chinese Name: 孙中山 English Name: Sun Yat-sen, Sun Zhongshan Other Names: Sun Wen 孙文, Sun Yixian 孙逸仙, Sun Dixiang 孙帝象, Zhongshan Qiao 中山樵 Born: November 12, 1866 Died: March 12, 1925 Achievements: Establishment of the Chinese Kuomintang 建立国民党 Founding the Republic of China 开创中华民国 Create Huangpu Military Academy 创建黄埔军校 Create Sun Yat

The founder and chief representative of the Taoism Overview Chinese Name: 老子 English Name: Laozi，Lao Tzu Other Names: Lier 李耳；Laodan 老聃 Born:Not known Died: Not known Achievements: Laozi wrote the Tao te Ching Laozi is the founder and chief representative of the Taoism. Laozi 老子 Brief Biography of Laozi Laozi老子，also called Lao Tzu， was born in the Late Spring

The successor and innovator Overview Overview Chinese Name: 孟子 English Name: Mencius; Mengzi; Meng Tzu Other Names: Meng Ke 孟轲：Meng Zi yu 孟子舆 Born: 372BC Died: 289BC Achievements: Mencius inherited Confucius‘ ideology and developed it further. 继承孔子思想，进一步发展儒家学说 Form the basis of Mencius 为《孟子》打下基础 Mencius 孟子 Brief Biography of Mencius Mencius was a Chinese Confucian philosopher who has often been described as the “Second Sage亚圣”, that is, after only Confucius himself. He is part of Confucius’ fourth generation of disciples. Mencius inherited Confucius’ ideology and developed it further. Living during the Warring States period, he is said to have spent much of his life traveling around the states offering counsel to different rulers. Conversations with these rulers form the basis of the Mencius, which would later be considered as a Confucian classic. Mencius is the descendants of Meng sun, a noble of the state of Lu(鲁）. After the decline of Meng sun, one of them moved from Lu to Zou, which is the ancestor of Mencius. Mencius led his disciples to travel around the world before he was about 45 years old. Mencius went to the state of Qi for the first time. Mencius publicized his idea, did not get the ruler’s adoption, sad to leave. In 329 BC, Mencius went to the state of song, and the king of the state of song adopted Mencius’ advice. In 320 BC, Mencius went to the state of Wei. The king of Wei felt that Mencius’ theory was empty. Mencius was not valued in the state of Wei. Finally, Mencius decided not to go out lobbying, in his sixties when Mencius decided to return to his hometown, never to travel. Mencius life experience, also very much like Confucius, living

The first national hero to fight against the colonists and recover Taiwan Province Overview Chinese Name: 郑成功 English Name: Koxinga Other Names: Fu Song 福松, Zheng Damu 郑大木, Zheng Yanping 郑延平 Born: August 28, 1624 Died: June 23, 1662 Achievements: Fight against the Qing Dynasty in southeast China 东南抗清 Expel Dutch colonists and recover Taiwan 驱逐荷兰殖民者，收复台湾 Koxinga 郑成功 Brief Biography

An outstanding military reformer and a general who fight against wokou pirates Overview Chinese Name: 戚继光 English Name: Qi Jiguang Other Names: Qi Yuanjing 戚元敬, Qi Nantang 戚南塘, Qi Mengzhu 戚孟诸, Qi Wuyi 戚武毅 Born: November 12, 1528 Died: January 17, 1588 Achievements: Fight against wokou pirates 抗击倭寇 Conquer Tatars 征讨鞑靼 Main Works: Record of Military Training 练兵实纪, Jixiao Xinshu 纪效新书 Qi