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Facts

Also Known As Hsiao Ho
Born China
Died 193 BCE
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Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
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Wei Zhongxian
Chinese official
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Li Si
Chinese statesman
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Fan Wencheng
Chinese minister
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Gaohou
empress of Han dynasty
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Wang Zhen
Chinese eunuch
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Sima Chengzhen
Daoist leader
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Yelü Chucai
Chinese statesman
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Adam Schall von Bell
German missionary
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Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
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
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
premier of China
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Taizu emperor, founder of the Song dynasty, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Taizu
emperor of Song dynasty
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi
Chinese statesman
Lin Biao, Zhou Enlai, and other Chinese officials stand in uniform, holding up Little Red Books during a 1967 Red Guard rally in China.
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader