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Also Known As Hsü Ta
Born 1332 • China
Died February 1385 (aged 53) • China
An Lushan
Chinese general
Xiang Yu
Chinese rebel leader
Wu Sangui
Chinese general
Yang Xiuqing
Chinese rebel leader
Li Xiucheng
Chinese general
Li Keyong
Turkish-Chinese general
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
The Hongwu emperor; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Hongwu
emperor of Ming dynasty
Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese statesman
Li Hongzhang
Chinese statesman
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan
Chinese prophet and rebel
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Zhang Zhidong, engraving.
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese official
Zeng Guofan, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Zeng Guofan
Chinese official
Zhu De
Chinese military leader
Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai
president of China
Zhang Xueliang
Chinese warlord
Gaozu
emperor of Han dynasty