Notable people
8 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
People
People who studied nature, built, healed, invented, traded and practised a craft
173people
7roles
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.
Figures with the most linked events, works and records.
People who studied astronomy and the calendar, geography, natural history, farming and water works
Mozi · Yang Yinliu · Shen Kuo · Li Daoyuan · Xu Xiake · Guo Shoujing · Xu Heng · Zhang Heng · …
Mathematicians known for circle division, equations, the tianyuan method and other algorithms
Wang Xun · Zhang Cang · Liu Hui · Mei Wending · Zhao Shuang · Qin Jiushao · Zhu Shijie · Jia Xian · …
Builders who directed palaces, cities, bridges, water control and other large works
Liu Bingzhong · Li Bing · Liang Sicheng · Zhu Qiqian · Mao Yisheng · Lin Huiyin · Liu Dunzhen · Mo Zongjiang · …
Physicians who treated the sick and wrote on prescriptions and materia medica
Li Shizhen · Ge Hong · Chunyu Yi · Tu Youyou · Zhang Zhongjing · Bian Que · Hua Tuo · Sun Simiao · …
People who devised or improved printing, papermaking, firearms and ingenious devices
Bi Sheng · Cai Lun · Su Song · Lu Ban · Yang Jingming · Huang Daopo · Zou Boqi · Du Shi · …
Fan Li · Lu Buwei · Zi Gong · Pu Shougeng · Zhuo Wangsun · Du Baolin · Hu Xueyan · Zhang Jian · …
Ye Wang · Zheng Jinwen · Shen Zifan · Zhu Kerou · Han Ximeng · Feng Xijue · Shi Dabin · Lei Wei · …