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Also Known As Zhao Ji • Song Huizong • Hui-tsung
Born 1082 • China
Died 1135 (aged 53) • China
Title / Office emperor (1100-1125), China
House / Dynasty Song dynasty
Notable Family Members son Gaozong • son Qinzong

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Bronze token coin designed by the emperor Huizong, Northern Song dynasty, 1107; in the British Museum, London.
Zhenshu calligraphy
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Shitao
Chinese painter
Dong Qichang
Chinese artist
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
Autumn in a River Valley, silk scroll in ink and colour by Guo Xi; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Guo Xi
Chinese painter
Xie He
Chinese painter and critic
Wang Hongwen
Chinese politician
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
The Yongle emperor, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Yongle
emperor of Ming 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
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
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese statesman
Hu Shih
Hu Shih
Chinese leader and scholar
Li Hongzhang
Chinese statesman
Xuanzong
emperor of Tang dynasty [685–762]
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan
Chinese prophet and rebel

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