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Also Known As Yan Ruoju • Yen Jo-chü
Born November 11, 1636 • Huai’an • China
Died July 9, 1704 (aged 67) • Beijing • China
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Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Richard Bentley, detail of an oil painting by James Thornhill, 1710; in Trinity College, Cambridge.
Richard Bentley
British scholar
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Konstantin von Tischendorf
German scholar
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Johann Salomo Semler
German theologian
Justus Lipsius, oil painting by an unknown artist, 1585; in the Musee Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
Justus Lipsius
Belgian scholar
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Marc-Antoine de Muret
French author
Furnivall, pencil sketch by Charles Haslewood Shannon, c. 1911; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Frederick James Furnivall
British scholar
Karl Lachmann
Karl Lachmann
German philologist
Madvig, drawing by Emilius-Ditlev Baerentzen, c. 1845; in Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Copenhagen
Johan Nicolai Madvig
Danish scholar
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Chen Xianzhang
Chinese scholar
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Bo Xilai
Chinese politician
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Gu Kailai
Chinese lawyer
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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