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Also Known As Wen-wang • Xi Bo
Flourished c.1100 BCE - c.1000 BCE
Notable Works “Yijing”
Notable Family Members son Zhougong • son Wuwang
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Bo Xilai
Chinese politician
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Gu Kailai
Chinese lawyer
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Chen Xianzhang
Chinese scholar
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Cui Hao
Chinese adviser
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Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Confucius
Confucius
Chinese philosopher
Mao Zedong smiling and waving with his right hand while standing outdoors in front of large lanterns and a crowd.
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming dynasty
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Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Hongwu emperor; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Hongwu
emperor of Ming dynasty
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese leader
A lone man stands in front of a line of four tanks on a wide city street during the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in Beijing.
Tank Man
Chinese citizen
Pure and Remote View of Streams and Mountains, detail of hand scroll in ink and paper by Xia Gui, early 13th century (Southern Song); in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.
Xia Gui
Chinese artist
Xunzi
Xunzi
Chinese philosopher
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
premier of China
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
Eileen Gu
Eileen Gu
Chinese American freestyle skier
The Taizu emperor, founder of the Song dynasty, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Taizu
emperor of Song dynasty
Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei in 2019, facing the camera and wearing a black zip-up jacket.
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Chinese statesman

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