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Taishi Ci
Taishi Ci (166–206) was a military figure of the late Eastern Han and Eastern Wu periods.
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Mencius
Mencius (Meng Ke) was a Warring States thinker from Zou in present-day Shandong and a leading figure of Confucianism. Later generations honoured him as the “Second Sage”, and he is commonly named together with Confucius as “Kong-Meng”; the book Mencius is attributed to him and his disciples.
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Zhu Huan
Zhu Huan (177–238), courtesy name Xiumu, was a Wu commander from Wu commandery. He defeated Cao Ren at Ruxu in 222 and died in the first year of Chiwu.
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Chao Yuen Ren
Chao Yuen Ren (3 November 1892–24 February 1982) was one of the founders of modern Chinese linguistics. He taught in China and the United States and researched Chinese tones and dialects.
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Huang Zongxi
Huang Zongxi (24 September 1610 – 12 August 1695), Chinese naturalist, political theorist and philosopher (1610-1695).
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Emperor Gaozong of Tang
Emperor Gaozong of Tang (628 – 683), Emperor of the Tang Dynasty (628-683) (r. 649-683).
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Lu Xun
A major modern Chinese writer, known for fiction, essays, and literary translation.
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何曾
何曾（199年—279年），字颍考，陈国阳夏人，曹魏、西晋重臣。他在魏末任司隶校尉，劝司马炎进位，入晋后官至太宰。《晋书》既称他至孝、闺门整肃，又记他饮食奢侈到“食日万钱”。
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冯𬘘
冯𬘘（3世纪—286年），字少胄，安平人，西晋官员。他得晋武帝宠信，与贾充、荀勖亲善，在太子妃将被废时出力保全，又劝武帝遣齐王司马攸回封国，并疏远张华。太康七年病重，任散骑常侍后不久去世。
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Yang Ren
Yang Ren (2nd century – 215) was a general under Zhang Lu in Hanzhong at the end of the Eastern Han. In 215, after Cao Cao's attack on Zhang Lu at Yangping Pass, he was killed by Cao Cao's forces.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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刘寔
刘寔（220年—310年），字子真，平原高唐人，曹魏及西晋重臣，官至太傅、太尉。他少年家贫，卖牛衣自给，却好学不倦，精于《春秋》三传，写有《崇让论》。他为人俭朴，享年九十一岁，谥号为元。
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Li Feng
Li Feng (died 195) was a general and chief clerk under Lü Bu at the end of the Eastern Han. In 195 he and Xue Lan were camped at Juye, and after they had Li Qian killed, Li Qian's son Li Zheng joined Cao Cao's generals and killed them both.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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吕常
吕常（161年—221年），南阳博望人，曹魏将领，官至横海将军，封西鄂都乡侯。建安二十四年关羽围攻襄阳时，他守城不下。据中文维基百科引述的碑文，他在黄初二年正月病死，享年六十一岁。
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侯音
侯音（？—219年），东汉末年宛城守将。建安二十三年十月，南阳官吏百姓不堪徭役，侯音与卫开聚众数千人联合关羽反叛曹魏；次年正月曹仁攻破宛城，侯音与卫开被斩首。[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Yang Feng
Yang Feng (died 197) was a figure at the end of the Eastern Han, originally a leader of the White Wave bandits in Hedong and later a subordinate of Li Jue. He helped escort Emperor Xian from Chang'an back east to Luoyang and was made general of chariots and cavalry. He later went over to Yuan Shu and Lü Bu and was killed by Liu Bei in 197.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Dong He
Dong He (died 221), courtesy name Youzai, came from Zhijiang in Nanjun, with ancestors from Jiangzhou in Ba commandery. He served under Liu Zhang and then Liu Bei. The Records of the Three Kingdoms describe his frugal rule in local posts and his sincerity toward the southern tribes, and say that he later shared the running of Liu Bei's headquarters with Zhuge Liang.[^zhengshi]
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Cai Jing
Cai Jing (1047–1126), courtesy name Yuanchang, came from Xianyou in Xinghua and was a chancellor under Emperor Huizong of Northern Song, who held power several times and was later named first of the Six Thieves. The History of Song places him among the treacherous ministers, and says that after Emperor Qinzong took the throne he was demoted and exiled, and died on the road at Tanzhou aged eighty.[^wikidata][^zhwiki][^zhengshi]
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Sima You
Sima You (246–283), courtesy name Dayou and childhood name Taofu, was a son of Sima Zhao adopted as heir to Sima Shi and a full younger brother of Emperor Wu of Jin, with the title Prince of Qi. The Book of Jin says his talent and prestige exceeded the emperor's. In his last years Xun Xu and Feng Dan pressed the emperor to send him back to his state, and he fell ill with resentment and died vomiting blood. His posthumous name was Xian.[^wikidata][^zhwiki][^zhengshi]
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Zhu Ju
Zhu Ju (194–250), courtesy name Zifan, was a man of Wu county in Wu commandery and an important Eastern Wu official and general, married to a daughter of Sun Quan. He rose to General of Agile Cavalry. For firmly backing the crown prince in the Two Palaces dispute he was demoted and then put to death on a forged edict by Sun Hong.[^zhengshi][^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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Ma Xiu
Ma Xiu (178–211) was a son of the northwestern general Ma Teng and a brother of Ma Chao in the Three Kingdoms period. After Cao Cao summoned Ma Teng to the capital, Ma Xiu moved with the family to Ye. When Ma Chao rose against Cao in 211, Ma Teng and his family were put to death, and Ma Xiu died then.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]
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Sun Yi
Sun Yi (184–204), courtesy name Shubi, was a son of Sun Jian and a younger brother of Sun Ce and Sun Quan, of the Wu royal house. The Records of the Three Kingdoms call him fierce and bold like his brother Ce, and say that in the eighth year of Jian'an, at twenty, he became acting grand administrator of Danyang as general of the flank, and was later killed by his attendant Bian Hong.[^wikidata][^zhwiki][^zhengshi]
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Sima Zhou
Sima Zhou (227–283), courtesy name Zijiang, was the fourth son of Sima Yi and an imperial prince and general from Cao Wei into the Western Jin. First made Marquis of Nan'an Pavilion, he became Prince of Dongguan under Emperor Wu and then Prince of Langye, garrisoning Xiapi. The Book of Jin records that he led tens of thousands out through Tuzhong in the conquest of Wu and that he died in the fourth year of Taikang at fifty-seven.[^wikidata][^zhwiki][^zhengshi]
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Yong Kai
Yong Kai (died 225), also written 雍凯, was a leading chief of southern Yi Province in the Three Kingdoms period and a man of Yizhou commandery. Around the first year of Jianxing he rebelled in Nanzhong, killed the grand administrator Zheng Ang, seized Zhang Yi and went over to Wu, and was killed in 225 during Zhuge Liang's southern campaign.[^zhwiki][^wikidata]
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Kong Ji
Kong Ji, courtesy name Zisi, was a man of Lu in the early Warring States period and a leading representative of Confucianism. He was a grandson of Confucius and a son of Kong Li, and studied under Zengzi. He is called the Transmitter Sage. The Doctrine of the Mean is traditionally attributed to him, though this is hard to confirm, and his own book Zisizi is lost.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]