Notable people
8 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
People
Makers
People who studied nature, built, healed, invented, traded and practised a craft
166people
7roles
Mural guide
In one courtyard a porcelain kiln burns under a tall chimney, beside a loom, racks of dyed cloth, a great bronze bell on a frame, a set of tiered water vessels and a medicine cabinet; craftsmen in aprons work at their tasks while a river barge unloads bundles beyond the wall.
This group holds people who worked through knowledge, technique and practice: scientists and mathematicians who studied nature, engineers and architects who directed construction, physicians, inventors of new devices, merchants and entrepreneurs, and master craftsmen known for their handwork. Roles are separated by main achievement, and the evidence lies mostly in treatises, local gazetteers and trade records.
Roles in this group
- ScientistPeople who studied astronomy and the calendar, geography, natural history, farming and water works64 people
- MathematicianMathematicians known for circle division, equations, the tianyuan method and other algorithms21 people
- Engineer / ArchitectBuilders who directed palaces, cities, bridges, water control and other large works36 people
- Physician / Medical MasterPhysicians who treated the sick and wrote on prescriptions and materia medica21 people
- InventorPeople who devised or improved printing, papermaking, firearms and ingenious devices17 people
- Merchant / EntrepreneurMerchants who traded, ran trading houses and founded enterprises17 people
- Master CraftsmenMasters known for carving, lacquer, ceramics, weaving and embroidery45 people