Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ Tàihòu; [tsʰɨ̌.ɕì tʰâi.xôu]; Manchu: Tsysi taiheo; 29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), of the Manchu Yehe Nara clan, was a Chinese empress dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861 until her death in 1908.Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor in her adolescence, she gave birth to a son, Zaichun, in 1856. After the Xianfeng Emperor's death in 1861,...

Li Shizhen 李时珍 (1518 – 1593), courtesy name Dongbi, was a Chinese polymath, physician, scientist, pharmacologist, herbalist and acupuncturist of the Ming dynasty. His major contribution to clinical medicine was his 27-year work, which is found in his scientific book Compendium of Materia Medica. He is also considered to be the greatest scientific naturalist of China, and developed many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treati...

Cao Cao (About this pronunciation [tsʰǎu tsʰáu]; Chinese: 曹操; c. 155 – 15 March 220),courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese warlord and the penultimate Chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty who rose to great power in the final years of the dynasty. As one of the central figures of the Three Kingdoms period, he laid the foundations for what was to become the state of Cao Wei and ultimately the Jin dynasty, and was posthumously honoured as "Emperor Wu of Wei". He is often portrayed as a cruel...

Shen Kuo (Chinese: 沈括; 1031–1095) , courtesy name Cunzhong (存中) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng (夢溪翁),[1] was a Han Chinese polymathic scientist and statesman of the Song dynasty (960–1279). Excelling in many fields of study and statecraft, he was a mathematician, astronomer, meteorologist, geologist, zoologist, botanist, pharmacologist, agronomist, archaeologist, ethnographer, cartographer, encyclopedist, general, diplomat, hydraulic engineer, inventor, academy cha...

She has supremacy, she is only the history of China Yi Wei Queen; she, Harborside, Articles dignity, killing, informants, Ruthless was a sign that dynasty; she, intelligent and passionate, graceful and elegant, wife, lover, The male pet was a memorable one in her life. So who is she? How did she become a generation of empresses in the annals of history? She is Wu Zetian.Wu Zetian, a ruthless monarch, killed countless people in her 15 years in office; Wu Zetian, a gentle and affectio...

Li Daoyuan (simplified Chinese: 郦道元; traditional Chinese: 酈道元; pinyin: Lì Dàoyuán; 466 or 472 in Zhuo County, Hebei – 527) was a Chinese geographer, writer, and politician during the Northern Wei Dynasty. He is known as the author of the Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu), a monumental work on China's geography in ancient times.Li Daoyuan used his position as an official with business in different places to carry field investigations. He is known to have visited the area...

Jia Sixie (贾思勰) was an agronomist in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He was proficient in agricultural science and systematized dryland agricultural technology during the revival of agriculture in North China, which was abandoned due to war. He wrote Qi Min Yao Shu (齐民要术） in the late Northern Wei Dynasty. The book is composed of farming, grain, vegetables, fruit trees, trees, livestock, brewing, seasoning, conditioning, foreign products and other chapters. It is the earliest and most complete la...

The book is the volume of "Selected Biographies of Corrupt Officials in Ancient China" among a series of books for "100 Biographies on Chinese Historical Figures".

Guo Shoujing (Chinese: 郭守敬, 1231–1316), courtesy name Ruosi (若思), was a Chinese astronomer,[1] engineer, and mathematician born in Xingtai, Hebei who lived during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). The later Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591–1666) was so impressed with the preserved astronomical instruments of Guo that he called him "the Tycho Brahe of China."

The book is the volume of "Selected Biographies of Chinese Fierce and Formidable Heroes in Troubled Dynasties" among a series of books for "100 Biographies on Chinese Historical Figures".

The book is the volume of "Selected Biographies of Treacherous Officials in Ancient China" among a series of books for "100 Biographies on Chinese Historical Figures".

Gehong（葛洪） (284-364 A.D.), known as Baopuzi, is a famous medical scientist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is a Han nationality from Jindanyang County (now Jurong, Jiangsu Province). Ge Xuan's nephew of the Three Kingdoms is known as Xiaoxianweng. He was once appointed as Guannei Hou, and later retired to Luofushan Alchemy.Ge Hong was a famous doctor in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of China, and a guide of preventive medicine. He is the author of "Behind the Elbow", which first recorded ...