View change log entry

- 馮夢龍 冯梦龙 [Feng2 Meng4 long2] /Feng Menglong (1574—1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Tales old and new 古今小說|古今小说/

- 春秋 春秋 [chun1 qiu1] /spring and autumn/four seasons/the year/a person's age/Spring and Autumn period (770—476 BC), with many states contending for hegemony/Spring and Autumn Annals, one of the Confucian Five Classics 五經|五经/used in book titles/

- 尼克森 尼克森 [Ni2 ke4 sen1] /Nixon (name)/Richard M Nixon (1913—1994), US president 1969-1974/

- 玄奘 玄奘 [Xuan2 zang4] /Xuanzang (602—664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645/

- 康有為 康有为 [Kang1 You3 wei2] /Kang Youwei (1858—1927), main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898/

- 普魯東 普鲁东 [Pu3 lu3 dong1] /Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809—1865), French socialist philosopher/

- 伏羲 伏羲 [Fu2 Xi1] /Fu Hsi/Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852—2738 BC (mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing)/

- 赫德 赫德 [He4 de2] /Hart or Herd (name)/Robert Hart (1835—1911), Englishman who served fifty years in Qing customs office/

- 黃興 黄兴 [Huang2 Xing1] /Huang Xing (1874—1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai revolution 辛亥革命, murdered in Shanghai in 1916/

- 王羲之 王羲之 [Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] /Wang Xizhi (303—361 AD), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣/

- 孫傳芳 孙传芳 [Sun1 Chuan2 fang1] /Sun Chuanfang (1885—1935) one of the northern warlord, murdered in Tianjin in 1935/

- 雷鋒 雷锋 [Lei2 Feng1] /Lei Feng (1940—1962), young communist killed in an accident in 1962, used as a model in one of Mao's campaigns from 1963/

- 王勃 王勃 [Wang2 Bo2] /Wang Bo (650—676), Tang poet/

- 羅貫中 罗贯中 [Luo2 Guan4 zhong1] /Luo Guanzhong (c. 1330—c. 1400), author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and other works/

- 鬆贊干布 松赞干布 [Song1 zan4 Gan4 bu4] /Songtsen Gampo or Songzain Gambo (604—650 AD) Tibetan emperor, founder of the Tubo 吐蕃|吐蕃 dynasty/

- 三藏 三藏 [San1 cang2] /Tripitaka (602—664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645/same as 玄奘/

- 黃遵憲 黄遵宪 [Huang2 Zun1 xian4] /Huang Zunxian (1848—1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志, an extended analysis of Meiji Japan/

- 同治 同治 [Tong2 zhi4] /reign name of Qing emperor (1861—1875)/

- 庫侖 库仑 [Ku4 lun2] /Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736—1806), French physicist/Coulomb (unit of charge)/

- 三藏法師 三藏法师 [San1 cang2 fa3 shi1] /Tripitaka (602—664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645/same as 玄奘/

- 曾鞏 曾巩 [Zeng1 Gong3] /Zeng Gong (1019—1083), Song dynasty writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家/

- 書聖 书圣 [Shu1 sheng4] /great calligraphy master/the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (303—361 AD)/

- 阿基米德 阿基米德 [A4 ji1 mi3 de2] /Archimedes (c. 287—212 BC)/

- 蘇轍 苏辙 [Su1 Zhe2] /Su Zhe (1039—1112), northern Song writer and calligrapher/one of 三苏|三苏 and one of 唐宋八大家/

- 梁啟超 梁启超 [Liang2 Qi3 chao1] /Liang Qichao (1873—1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898/

- 萬歷 万历 [Wan4 li4] /reign name of Ming emperor (1573—1619)/

- 梁朝 梁朝 [Liang2 chao2] /either of two Liang dynasties: 502—557 AD, one of the three Southern Dynasties 南朝, or 907—923, one of the five dynasties 五代 between Tang and Song/

- 曹錕 曹锟 [Cao2 Kun1] /Cao Kun (1862—1938), one of the Northern Warlords/

- 蕭梁 萧梁 [Xiao1 Liang2] /Liang of the Southern dynasties (502—557)/

- 葉聖陶 叶圣陶 [Ye4 Sheng4 tao2] /Ye Shengtao (1894—1988), writer and editor, known esp. for children's books/

- 道光 道光 [Dao4 guang1] /reign name of Qing emperor (1821—1850)/

- 咸豐 咸丰 [Xian2 feng1] /reign name of Qing emperor (1850—1861)/Xianfeng county in Hubei province/

- 南朝梁 南朝梁 [Nan2 chao2 Liang2] /Liang of the Southern dynasties (502—557)/