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Also Known As Li Ssu
Born 280 BCE? • Chu • China
Died 208 BCE • Xianyang • China
Zhao Gao
Chinese eunuch
Qin Shi Huang (Shihuangdi)
Qin Shi Huang
emperor of Qin dynasty
Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Dong Zhongshu
Chinese scholar
Wei Zhongxian
Chinese official
Xiao He
Chinese government adviser
Fan Wencheng
Chinese minister
Wang Zhen
Chinese eunuch
Sima Chengzhen
Daoist leader
Yelü Chucai
Chinese statesman
Adam Schall von Bell
German missionary
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
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
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
premier of China
Qianlong
Qianlong
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Taizu emperor, founder of the Song dynasty, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Taizu
emperor of Song dynasty