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Also Known As Xiang Ji • Yu • Hsiang Chi • Hsiang Yü
Born 232 BCE • Chu • China
Died 202 BCE • China
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An Lushan
Chinese general
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Wu Sangui
Chinese general
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Yang Xiuqing
Chinese rebel leader
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Li Xiucheng
Chinese general
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Xu Da
Chinese general
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Turkish-Chinese general
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
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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
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Chinese statesman
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Hong Xiuquan
Chinese prophet and rebel
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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
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Chinese military leader
Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai
president of China
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Chinese warlord
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Chinese politician