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Hsing Yun
Taiwanese Buddhist monk (1927–2023)
Jianzhen
Jianzhen (688–763), also known by his Japanese name Ganjin (), was a Tang Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit Japan some six times, arriving in the year 753 and founding Tōshōdai-ji in Nara. When he finally succeeded on his sixth attempt, he had lost his eyesight as a result of an infection acquired during his journeys, although Fukushima Giichi, a Japanese expert in the history of ophthalmology, suggested that he may have suffered from age related cataracts . Jianzhen's life story and voyage are described in
Zhao Dan
Chinese actor (1915-1980)
Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou
group of artists in China
Yang Pu
emperor of Wu
Wang Yeping
Wife of Jiang Zemin, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Dai Xianglong
Chinese politician
Liu Xijun
a princess of the Han dynasty sent to marry the King of Wusun as marriage alliance
Katarina Vilioni
Italian woman who lived in China

Lai Hu'er
Tang dynasty person CBDB = 178574