Cao Xueqin ( Cao Xue-qin or Tsao Hsueh-chin) lived between 1715 and 1763. He is the author ofDream of the Red Chamber, the greatest classical Chinese novel in the Ming and QingDynasties.Cao xue-qin, Author ofDreamof the RedChamberHe led a comfortable life inNanjin...

Zhang Heng (78-139), a native of Nanyang in central China's Henan Province, was a mathematician, astronomer and geographer of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220).Zhang Heng was the first person in China to construct a rotating celestial globe and also the inventor of a primitive seismograph for mea...

刘亦菲 (Liú Yìfēi) is a Chinese actress, born in 1987. She became famous with TV series The Story of A Noble Family, The Legend of Condor Heroes. She is most famous thanks to Disney’s movie about Mulan, in which Liu herself played Mulan. She was selected as one of the 25 “Hollywood Rising Stars...

Genghis Khan, known in Chinese as Chéngjísīhán (成吉思汗). Genghis Khan was the founder and emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history.Genghis Khan, whose birth name was Temujin (特木真), rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential m...

Cai Lun, also known as Ts’ai Lun (蔡伦). Cai Lun was a eunuch and official during the Eastern Han Dynasty in China. He is credited with the invention of paper, a revolutionary development that changed the course of human communication.Cai Lun’s invention of paper (zhǐ, 纸) was a significant advan...

Qiu Jin was a Chinese revolutionary, feminist, and writer. Her courtesy names are Xuanqing and Jingxiong. Her sobriquet name is Jianhu Nüxia ('Woman Knight of Mirror Lake'). Qiu was executed after a failed uprising against the Qing dynasty and is considered a national heroine in China and a...