Wu Zetian（624-705），personal name Wu Zhao，was the only woman in the history of China to assume the title of Emperor.Ruling China...
The Impression of China
Emperor Taizong of Tang（599-649），born Li Shimin，was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.He encouraged...
Cao Cao（155-220），zi Mende，was a regional warlord who rose to become the self-appointed Imperial Secretarist under Han Xian Di and the...
Emperor Wu of Han（156 BC-87 BC），personal name Liu Che，was the sixth emperor of China emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty，ruling...
Emperor Gao（256 BC or 247 BC-June 1，195 BC），commonly known inside China as Gaozu，personal name Liu Bang，was the first emperor of...
Qin Shi Huang（November or December 260 B.C.-September，210 B.C.），personal name Zheng，was king of the State of Qin from 247 B.C.to 221...
Sun Wu（544-496 BC）was a Chinese author of The Art of War（兵法），an immensely influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.He is...
Zhu Xi（Wade-Giles:Chu Hsi）（1130-1200）was a Song Dynasty（960-1279）Confucian scholar who became one of most significant Neo-Confucianism in China.He taught at the famous...
Wang Chong（27-c.97）was a Chinese philosopher during the Han Dynasty who developed a rational，secular，naturalistic，and mechanistic account of the world and of...
Dong Zhongshu（Wade-Giles Tung Chung-shu）（179-104 B.C.）was a Han Dynasty scholar who is traditionally associated with the promotion of Confucianism as official...
Han Fei（c.280-233 B.C.），a native of the State of Han and a former student of Xun Zi，synthesized the thoughts of the...
Xun Zi（c.313-238 B.C.），whose given name was Kuang and courtesy name Qing，was born in the State of Zhao and was a...
Mo Zi（Mo-tse：468-376 B.C.）was China's first true philosopher.Mo Zi pioneered the argumentative essay style and constructed the first normative and political...
Confucius was followed by Mencius，and Lao Zi by Zhuang Zi.In those cases，the first was the real teacher and either wrote...
Lao Zi（also spelled Lao Tzu，or Lao Tse）was a famous Chinese philosopher who is believed to have lived in approximately the...
The Second Sage One cannot discuss Confucianism without at least mentioning the man the Chinese cal1“The Second Sage"，Meng Tzu，or，in Latinized...
Confucius，whose given name is Qiu，styled himself Zhongni（551-479B.C.），was born in Zouyi，the State of Lu（now to south-eastern Qufu，a city in Shandong Province）.As...
According to the Buddhist classics，Guanyin was the first son of the Holy King in charge of reincarnation.He has many followers...
According to the Buddhist classics，Maitreya was born into a noble family in the Brahman caste in ancient India.He was the...
Puxian is one of the numerous Bodhisattvas of Indian Buddhism. According to Beihua Scripture，Puxian was the eighth son of Amitabha，the...