Notable people
37 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
People
Ministers
Officials who advised and remonstrated at court, governed regions and counties, ran the revenue and went on missions abroad
379people
7roles
Mural guide
At evening in a government office, a clerk in a dark blue robe sits with his back turned at a long lacquered desk stacked with cord-tied scrolls, beside an inkstone, a brush rack and a lantern; the open window shows a lake, a stone bridge, sailboats and a distant pagoda.
This group holds people who served in office at court and in the regions, in the roles of official, chief minister, remonstrator, provincial governor, finance minister, exemplary magistrate and diplomat. Some advised or remonstrated at court, some held a region, ran the revenue or governed a county, and some went abroad on missions. Each is placed by main duty; the sources are mostly biographies in the standard histories, memorials to the throne and collected works.
Statesman / Official
306 peopleOffice-holders at court and in the regions who ran the business of government
Provincial Governors
95 peopleSenior regional officers who held a region and oversaw civil and military affairs
Finance Ministers
47 peopleMinisters who managed revenue, salt and iron, grain transport and tax reform
Zhang Juzheng · Fan Zhongyan · Zuo Zongtang · Wang Anshi · Zeng Guofan · Shang Yang · Shen Kuo · Guan Zhong · …
Hai Rui · Zeng Gong · Yang Lian · Song Jing · Cai Xiang · Duke of Shao · Teng Zongliang · Bao Zheng (Lord Bao) · …