Chinese Celebrities

A financial reformer who founded two tax laws Overview Chinese Name: 杨炎 English Name: Yang Yan Other Names: Yang Yazhou 杨崖州 Born: 727 Died: 781 Achievements: Create and implement the Law of the Two Taxes 创建和推行两税法 Main Works: Yang Yan Collection 《杨炎集》 Collection Preparation 《制集》 Yang Yan 杨炎 Brief Biography of Yang Yan Yang Yan, the prime minister of the Tang […]

The Terminator of Chinese Classical Philosophy Overview Chinese Name: 王夫之 English Name: Wang Fuzhi Other Names: Wang Chuanshan 王船山 Born: October 7, 1619 Died: February 18, 1692 Achievements: A simple materialist thinker 朴素唯物主义思想者 Main Works: The Book of Shangshu Citation 《尚书引义》 The Record of Yongli 《永历实录》 The Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋世论》 Nightmare 《噩梦》 Wang Fuzhi 王夫之 Brief Biography of

An outstanding pharmacist Overview Chinese Name: 李时珍 English Name: Li Shizhen Other Names: Li Dongbi 李东璧, Li Sanqi 李三七 Born: July 3, 1518 Died: 1593 Achievements: Compile Compendium of Materia Medica 编写《本草纲目》 Be praised as the medicine saint for later generations 为后世誉为药圣 Main Works: compendium of materia medica 本草纲目 Li Shizhen 李时珍 Brief Biography of

An idealist thinker who founded the theory of mind Overview Chinese Name: 王阳明 English Name: Wang Yangming Other Names: Wang Yun 王云, Wang Shouren 王守仁 Born: October 31, 1472 Died: January 9, 1529 Achievements: Create “Yangming Mind Study” 创立“阳明心学” Settle the Rebellion of King Ning 平定宁王之乱 Main Works: Complete Works of Wang Yangming《王阳明全集》 Complete Works

A thinker who takes the rise and fall of the world as his own responsibility Overview Chinese Name: 顾炎武 English Name: Gu Yanwu Other Names: Gu Jikun 顾继绅, Gu Jiang 顾绛 Born: July 15, 1613 Died: 1682 Achievements: Open the atmosphere of plain learning 开朴学风气 Put forward the thought of being practical and saving the

A navigator who has sailed to the Western Ocean seven times Overview Chinese Name: 郑和 English Name: Zheng He Other Names: Zheng Chenggong 郑成功 Born: 1371 Died: 1433 Achievements: Zheng He’s voyages 郑和下西洋 Zheng He 郑和 Brief Biography of Zheng He Zheng He, a eunuch, navigator, and diplomat of the Ming Dynasty 明朝. Zheng He (1371-1433)

A famous modern meteorologist and educator Overview Chinese Name: 竺可桢 English Name: Zhu Kezhen Other Names: Oufang 藕舫 Born: March 7, 1890 Died: February 7, 1974 Achievements: Be the president of Zhejiang University from 1936 to 1949 1936年至1949年担任浙江大学校长 Be elected as an academician of the Central Academy of Sciences in 1948 于1948年被选为中央研究院院士 Be elected as

Father of hybrid rice Overview Chinese Name: 袁隆平 English Name: Yuan Longping Born: September 7, 1930 Died: May 22, 2021 Achievements: Pioneer of research and development of hybrid rice in China 中国研究与发展杂交水稻的开创者 Won the National Highest Science and Technology Award in 2000 于2000年度获得国家最高科学技术奖 Be elected as an academician of the CAE Member in 1995 于1995年当选为中国工程院院士

A thinker who seeks truth from the West Overview Chinese Name: 严复 English Name: Yan Fu Other Names: Yan Zongguang 严宗光, Yan Youling 严又陵, Yan Jidao 严几道 Born: January 8, 1854 Died: October 27, 1921 Achievements: Advocate the translation standard of “faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance” 首倡“信、达、雅”的译文标准 President of Fudan Public School 复旦公学校长 Main Works: Tianyan

A master of the New Culture Movement Overview Chinese Name: 陈独秀 English Name: Chen Duxiu Other Names: Chen Qingtong 陈庆同, Chen Qiansheng 陈乾生 Born: October 9, 1879 Died: May 27, 1942 Achievements: One of the main founders of the CPC and the early main leaders of the party 中国共产党的主要创始人之一和党的早期主要领导人 The initiator and main flag bearer