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Also Known As Su Sung
Born 1020 • China
Died 1101 (aged 81) • Kaifeng • China
Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo
Chinese scholar
Qu Yuan, the poet whose tragic death is commemorated in the Dragon Boat Festival
Qu Yuan
Chinese poet
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Zhang Junxiang
Chinese playwright and director
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Zhao Rukuo
Chinese official
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Feng Guifen
Chinese scholar
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Liu Zongyuan
Chinese author
Pound, Ezra
Ezra Pound
American poet
Hu Shih
Hu Shih
Chinese leader and scholar
Can Xue
Can Xue
Chinese writer
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Ban Gu
Chinese historian
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Ouyang Xiu
Chinese author and statesman
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Lu Xun
Chinese writer
Wang Anshi
Wang Anshi
Chinese author and political reformer
Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Mi Fu
Chinese artist
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin
Chinese author
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Ding Ling
Chinese author
Chinese author Mo Yan
Mo Yan
Chinese author
Portrait of writer Zhang Ailing, also known as Eileen Chang, wearing a patterned silk jacket and round earrings, looking slightly upward.
Zhang Ailing
Chinese writer
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Qu Qiubai
Chinese leader
Du Fu
Du Fu
Chinese poet