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Zeng Gong - Morality First, and Then Be an Author
Zeng Gong (曾巩, 1019–1083), courtesy name Zigu (子固), was a Chinese scholar and historian of the Song Dynasty in China. He was one of the supporters of the New Classical Prose Movement and is regarded as founder of one of the Eight Great Schools of Thought of the Tang and Song dynasties.
Jin Shengtan: the Champion of Vernacular Chinese Literature
Jin Shengtan, former name Jin Renrui, also known as Jin Kui, was a Chinese editor, writer and critic, who has been called the champion of Vernacular Chinese literature. The year of Jin's birth is unclear, with some sources reporting 1610 and others 1608. The former estimate is based on the fact that Jin's son was 10 years old in East Asian age reckoning in 1641, and is generally accepted by scholars.
Cao Xueqin: One of the China's Greatest Novelists
Cao Xueqin is the author of Dream of the Red Chamber, believed by many to be the greatest novel written in the Chinese language. His given name was Cao Zhan and his courtesy name is Mengruan. Cao belonged to a Han Chinese clan which later became part of the Plain White Branch of the Manchu Banners. Although forced into slavery to Manchu royalty in the late 1610s, his ancestors distinguished themselves through military service and subsequently held posts in officialdom.
Xie Lingyun, the Founder of Chinese Natural Landscape Poems
Xie Lingyun, poet of Eastern Jin Dynasty, founder of Chinese natural landscape poems focusing on the "mountain and streams", was called the "Originator of Landscape Poems" and one of the most famous Chinese poets in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He was borned in Shangyu City, Zhejiang Province. In Jin Dynasty, He was appointed as Kangle duke. Because of his flaunt character, he contradicted with the Court, so he was demoted as Kangle Marquis, who was named as "Xie Kangle".
Jiang Tingxi: More Than Just a Scholar, a Painter, or a Poet...
Jiang Tingxi(1669–1732), courtesy name Yangsun(杨孙), was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Gujin Tushu Jicheng. Although better known for his Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Jiang also contributed—along with other scholars—in the compilation of the "Daqing Yitongzhi" (Gazetteer of the Qing Empire). This geographical gazetteer was provided with a preface in 1744, revised in 1764, and reprinted in 1849.
Yang Jiong: The Free and Lively Soul
Born in Huayin City of the present Shaanxi Province, Yang Jiong (650-693) was equally famous as Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang for his literary achievement, and these four men were called "Four Great Poets of Early Tang Dynasty".
Wang Bo - One of The Four Great Poets of Early Tang
His literary proposition of emphasizing practicality played an important role in changing the literary fashion in the Early Tang Dynasty.
Luo Binwang: One of the Four Great Poets of Early Tang Dynasty
Luo Binwang (640-684), a poet from Yiwu (in today's Zhejiang Province) in the Tang Dynasty, was equally famous as Wang Bo, Yang Jiong and Lu Zhaolin for his literary achievement, and these four men were called "Four Great Poets of Early Tang Dynasty".
Zheng Banqiao
Zheng Banqiao (1693-1765), originally named Zheng Xie, was a renowned literati and painter of the Qing Dynasty from Xinghua of Jiangsu Province.