Notable people
30 peopleFigures with the most linked events, works and records.
Ministers
Statesman / Official
Office-holders at court and in the regions who ran the business of government
295people
Mural guide
In the courtyard of a district government hall, a line of petitioners waits before a raised bench with a long table and document boxes; a blue umbrella stands beside it, a large drum stands at the gate where a few people wait, and a lake with sailboats lies beyond.
Official is the general role of this group: people who held court or local office and ran administration, including officers in charge of farming, water works, justice and other specific affairs. Those whose duties fit chief minister, remonstrator, provincial governor, finance minister, exemplary magistrate or diplomat are placed under those roles instead.
People in this role
- Xie of ShangDates unknown; legendary ancestor of the Shang
- Fan Bo (Earl of Fan)c. 810 BCE–760 BCE
- Bao ShuyaDates unknown; Qi, early Spring and Autumn period
- Xi Si (Gongzi Xi Si)c. 670 BCE–620 BCE
- Tu'an GuDates unknown; per the Shiji active c. 597–583 BCE
- Zai WoDates unknown; late Spring and Autumn, a contemporary of Confucius
- Zi Luc. 542 BCE–480 BCE
- Lao AiBirth unknown–238 BCE
- Meng YiBirth unknown–c. 210 BCE
- Shi LuDates unknown; built the Lingqu canal under the First Emperor
- Xiang Boc. 245 BCE–192 BCE
- Shusun TongDates unknown; active c. 209-194 BCE
- Chunyu YiDates unknown; physician under Emperor Wen of Han
- Sima Tanc. 165 BCE–110 BCE
- Mao HengDates unknown; active in the early Western Han, in the time of Prince Xian of Hejian (155–130 BCE)
- Mao ChangDates unknown; active under King Xian of Hejian (r. 155–130 BCE)
- Wang Ji, Magistrate of LinqiongDates unknown; active c. 144–140 BCE
- Zhufu YanBirth unknown, died 126 BCE
- Yang DeyiDates unknown; active in the Jianyuan era of Emperor Wu (140–135 BCE)
- Wuqiu ShouwangDates unknown; served under Emperor Wu of Western Han and was later executed by association
- Li YannianBirth date unknown; died c. 101 BCE by one account
- Yang Yun (Ziyou)c. 100 BCE–54 BCE
- Ren AnBirth unknown–91 BCE
- Wang Bao (Western Han)Dates unknown; active in the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han (74-49 BCE)
- Wang ShengDates unknown; active in the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han (74–49 BCE)
No people in this role for that dynasty.