Mao Dun (July 4, 1896–March 27, 1981) was the pen name of Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing), a 20th century Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and journalist. He was also the Minister of Culture of...
Wu Cheng'en , courtesy name Ruzhong , was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Huai'an,...
Huston Cummings Smith (born May 31, 1919) is a religious studies scholar in the United States. His book The World's Religions remains a popular introduction to comparative religion. Smith...
Su Tong (simplified Chinese: 苏童; traditional Chinese: 蘇童; pinyin: Sū Tóng, b. 1963) is the pen name of a Mainland Chinese writer born in Suzhou who is now based in Nanjing. His real name is...
Yu Hua is a Chinese author, born on April 3, 1960 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. He studied dentistry but soon decided to write fiction...
Lu Xun or Lu Hsün , was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (traditional Chinese: 周樹人; simplified Chinese: 周树人; pinyin: Zhōu Shùrén;...
Shiing-Shen Chern (simplified Chinese: 陈省身; traditional Chinese: 陳省身; pinyin: Chén Xǐngshēn, October 26, 1911 – December 3, 2004) was a Chinese American mathematician, one of the leaders in...
Louis Cha, GBM, OBE , known with his pen name Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸; pinyin: Jīn Yōng; Cantonese Yale: Gàm...
Gao Xingjian (Chinese: 高行健; pinyin: Gāo Xíngjiàn; Wade-Giles: Kao Hsing-chien, pronounced [kɑ́ʊ ɕǐŋtɕjɛ̂n]; born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese-born novelist, playwright, critic, and painter...
Wang Anyi (王安忆, born in Tong'an in 1954) is a Chinese writer, and currently the chairwoman of Writers' Association of Shanghai. The daughter of a famous writer and member of the Communist...
Wang Shuo (Chinese: 王朔; pinyin: Wáng Shuò, born August 23, 1958) is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His...
Cao Xueqin is the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, believed by many to be the greatest novel written in the Chinese...
Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his burning wit and formidable erudition. To the general public, he is best known for his satiric...
Li Hongzhi (Chinese: 李洪志; pinyin: Lǐ Hóngzhì; born 13 May 1951 in Gongzhuling, Jilin) is the founder of Falun Gong (or Falun Dafa), a "system of mind-body cultivation" in the qigong...
Cai Guo-Qiang (simplified Chinese: 蔡国强; traditional Chinese: 蔡國強; pinyin: Cài Gúoqiáng; born December 8, 1957 in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province) is a Chinese contemporary artist and...
Thomas Nicholas "Tom" Meschery is a Russian American former professional basketball player. He was...
Han Suyin , is the pen name of Elizabeth Comber, born Rosalie Elisabeth Kuanghu Chow . She is a Chinese-born...
Soong Chu-yu (Chinese: 宋楚瑜; pinyin: Sòng Chǔyú; Wade–Giles: Sung Ch'u-yü; born March 16, 1942), also known as James Soong, is a politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan. He founded and...
Jean Guttery Fritz, born November 16, 1915, is an American children's author and biographer. Jean Guttery was born to American missionaries in Hankow, China, where she lived for the next...
Witness Lee (李常受, pinyin Lǐ Chángshòu) (1905–June 9, 1997) was a Chinese Christian preacher associated with the Local Churches movement and the founder of the Living Stream Ministry. He was...
Confucius (Chinese: 孔子; pinyin: Kǒng zǐ; Wade-Giles: K'ung-tzu, or Chinese: 孔夫子; pinyin: Kǒng Fūzǐ; Wade-Giles: K'ung-fu-tzu), literally "Master Kong," (traditionally September 28, 551 BCE –...
Pu Songling was a Chinese author who wrote during the Qing Dynasty. Pu...
Li Cunxin (born 26 January 1961) is a Chinese-Australian former ballet dancer and current stockbroker. Li was born into poverty in the Li Commune near the city of Qingdao in the Shandong...
Mo Yan (Chinese: 莫言; pinyin: Mò Yán) (born February 17, 1955) is a modern Chinese author, described as "one of the most famous, oft-banned and widely pirated of all Chinese writers". He is...
Jung Chang (simplified Chinese: 张戎; traditional Chinese: 張戎; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; Wade-Giles: Chang Jung, born March 25, 1952 in Yibin, Sichuan) is a Chinese-born British writer now living in...