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Liu Fang

Liu Fang (刘芳) was a Northern Wei Confucian scholar and ritual official who served Emperors Xiaowen and Xuanwu, rising to Director of the Palace Library and Minister of Rites.

Liu Feng

Liu Feng (刘封) was a Shu Han military commander and adopted son of Liu Bei, forced to take his own life after losing the Han River commanderies.

Oct 10, 2026

Liu Fengshi

Liu Fengshi (刘奉世), courtesy name Zhongfeng, was a Northern Song scholar-official from Xinyu, Jiangxi, one of the Three Lius of Xinyu and a leading Book of Han scholar.

Liu Futong

Liu Futong (刘福通) was a White Lotus rebel leader who raised the Red Turban rising at Yingzhou and led the principal anti-Yuan rebellion in northern China.

Liu Gong

Liu Gong (刘恭) was a Han imperial clansman, elder brother of the Red Eyebrows' puppet emperor Liu Penzi, who mediated three critical moments of the civil war.

Liu Gongquan

Liu Gongquan (柳公权, 778–865) was a Tang dynasty official and calligrapher who served about seven emperors, known for the "brush remonstrance" and for works including the Xuanmitabei of 841.

Liu Guangdi

Liu Guangdi (刘光第, 1859–1898) was a Qing dynasty official from Fushun, Sichuan, who served in the Board of Punishments and was executed in 1898 as one of the Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu reform.

Liu Guangshi

Liu Guangshi (刘光世), courtesy name Pingshu, was a Song dynasty general from 1089 to 1142 who fought rebels and the Jin, ending as Grand Guardian.

Liu Guojie

Liu Guojie (刘国杰, 1234–1304) was a Yuan dynasty general of Jurchen descent who served Kublai Khan and Temür Khan, conquering the Southern Song and pacifying Huguang.

Liu Guoliang (刘国梁), born 1976 in Henan, Chinese penhold table tennis player, 1996 Olympic singles and doubles champion, first Chinese male Grand Slam winner, later national head coach and CTTA president.

Liu Guoxuan

Liu Guoxuan (刘国轩, 1629–1693) was a military commander of the Zheng regime on Taiwan, known for his unorthodox tactics and for commanding the defense of Penghu against the Qing.

Oct 22, 2026

Liu Haisu

Liu Haisu (刘海粟, 1896–1994) was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and art educator who founded the Shanghai Art Academy in 1912 and pioneered modern Chinese art education.

Liu Hanyuan

Liu Hanyuan (刘汉元), born 1964 in Meishan, Sichuan, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Tongwei Group, a major producer of aquafeed, polysilicon, and solar cells.

Liu Hao

Liu Hao (刘浩), born 1993 in Yuxi, Yunnan, Chinese canoe sprint paddler; two Tokyo 2020 silvers (C1 and C2 1000m) and Paris 2024 C2 500m gold with Ji Bowen; distinct from other athletes named Liu Hao.

Liu Heita

Liu Heita (刘黑闼, died 623) was a rebel general of the Sui-Tang transition who rebuilt Dou Jiande's regime in Hebei, declaring himself King of Handong before his defeat and execution by Tang forces.

Liu Hong

Liu Hong (刘洪) was an Eastern Han astronomer, mathematician, and calendar specialist active from about 167 to 206 whose Gan Xiang calendar first accounted for the Moon's uneven motion.

Oct 22, 2026

Liu Hou Lun

Liu Hou Lun (留侯論, "Discourse on the Marquis of Liu") is a classical Chinese essay by Song writer Su Shi arguing that Zhang Liang's success rested on forbearance.

Liu Hsin (Martian crater)

Liu Hsin is a 137-km-diameter impact crater on Mars in the Phaethontis quadrangle at about 53.3°S, 171.6°W, named for the Han-dynasty scholar Liu Xin and recorded in the USGS-IAU Gazetteer.

Liu Huanhua

Liu Huanhua (刘焕华), born 2001, Chinese weightlifter; Olympic gold 102 kg Paris 2024 (406 kg), first Chinese male champion over 100 kg; 2023 world champion; now 110 kg.

Liu Hui

Liu Hui (刘辉) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur who co-founded the Beijing cosmetics flash-sale site Jumei Youpin in 2010, ran its research and development, and left in 2013.

Sep 24, 2026

Liu Hui's Commentary on the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

Liu Hui's Commentary on the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (九章算术注) is a 263 CE annotation in which Liu Hui of Wei proved the Nine Chapters' algorithms deductively.

Liu Huixia

Liu Huixia (刘蕙瑕), Chinese platform diver born 1997 in Daye, Hubei; 2016 Olympic gold and 2013, 2015 world titles in women's synchronized 10 m platform with Chen Ruolin; 2014 FINA Female Diver of the Year.

Liu Huiyu

Liu Huiyu (刘辉宇), also known as Huiyu Liu, is a Chinese entrepreneur and co-founder of Xingsheng Youxuan, a community group-buying platform based in Changsha, Hunan, holding a 4.349% stake in its operating company.

Liu Ji

Liu Ji (刘机; 1451–1523) was a Chinese civil official of the Ming dynasty who served in the Hanlin Academy and closed his career as a minister in Nanjing.

Liu Jia (Han general and King of Jing)

Liu Jia (刘贾) was a Liu-clan general of the Chu-Han war whom Liu Bang made King of Jing, the first wider Liu clansman raised to kingship.

Liu Jia (Song dynasty official and commander)

Liu Jia (刘韐, 1067–1127), courtesy name Zhongyan, was a Song dynasty official and commander from Chong'an who died by suicide in the Jin camp after the capital fell.

Liu Jianguo

Liu Jianguo (刘建国) is a Chinese search-engine engineer who was Baidu's first employee after its co-founders and its chief technology officer, later founding the local-life search site Aibang.

Liu Jiexian

Liu Jiexian (刘界显) is a Shanghai-based Chinese serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the on-demand beauty O2O platform Meimei Zuoyou, which he founded in December 2014 after an earlier failed car-wash venture.

Liu Jin

Liu Jin (刘瑾), died 1510, was a Ming dynasty eunuch of the "Eight Tigers" who governed the court under the Zhengde Emperor until his execution by slicing.