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Wu Shaocheng
Wu Shaocheng (749–809) was a Tang dynasty military governor who seized Huaixi by killing Chen Xianqi, ruled it as a semi-independent warlord, and defeated a sixteen-route imperial campaign.
Wu Shaoxun
Wu Shaoxun (吴少勋, born 1956) is a Chinese entrepreneur who chairs and owns about 99% of Jing Brand, the Hubei maker of China Jing liquor.
Wu Shujuan (Mercurian crater)
Wu Shujuan crater, Mercury; named for Chinese painter Wu Shujuan (1853-1930). IAU-approved November 14, 2024; 109 km diameter, centered at -70.80, 346.73 in the H-15 Bach quadrangle.
Wu Tang
Wu Tang (吴棠) was a Qing dynasty official from Xuyi, Anhui, who rose from county magistrate to Grain Transport Governor and Governor-General of Sichuan, directing defense against the Nian and Taiping rebels.
Wu Ti
Wu Ti (吴悌, 1502–1568) was a Ming dynasty official from Jinxi who served as censor and Vice Minister of Justice, retiring nearly twenty years rather than serve under Yan Song.
Wu Tingfang
Wu Tingfang (伍廷芳, 1842–1922) was a Chinese diplomat, lawyer, and legal reformer who served the Qing dynasty as minister to the United States, Spain, and Peru.
Wu wei (无为)
Wu wei (无为, wúwéi), literally "without doing" and often translated "non-action," is a core Daoist concept from the Daodejing meaning effortless, non-coercive action, also used by Confucians and Legalists and interpreted by Wang Bi and Guo Xiang.
Wu Weishan
Wu Weishan (吴为山), born 1962 in Jiangsu, is a Chinese sculptor and director of the National Art Museum of China, known for founding "xieyi sculpture."
Wu Weiye
Wu Weiye (吴伟业, 1609–1671), known by his studio name Meicun, was a Chinese poet and official of Taicang best known for narrative verse on the fall of the Ming.
Wu Wenjun
Wu Wenjun (吴文俊), also published as Wen-Tsun Wu, was a Chinese mathematician who founded mathematics mechanization, created Wu's method for computer geometry proofs, and won the 2006 Shaw Prize.
Wu Wenying
Wu Wenying (c. 1200–c. 1260) was a Southern Song dynasty ci poet from Ningbo, Zhejiang, known for a dense, ornate style and about 340 surviving song lyrics.
Wu Xia
Wu Xia (武俠), also released as Dragon or Swordsmen, is Peter Chan's 2011 martial arts thriller starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei, set in 1917 Yunnan, notable for only three fight scenes and a forensic, medical take on the genre.
Wu Xian
Wu Xian (巫咸) was a Shang dynasty figure credited with putting the royal house into order and with the rise of the wu, the court's diviner class.
Wu Xianyong
Wu Xianyong (吴显勇) is a Chinese finance entrepreneur who co-founded Touna Wang, a Shenzhen peer-to-peer lending platform, and was later convicted of illegally absorbing public deposits.
Wu Xiaoxiao
Wu Xiaoxiao (吴霄霄) is a Chinese fund executive who leads Jiaqi Investment, a Shanghai quantitative fund manager with over 10 billion yuan in assets, and became its actual controller in 2025.
Wu Xiaoxuan
Wu Xiaoxuan (吴小旋), Chinese sport shooter born 1958 in Hangzhou, first Chinese woman to win Olympic gold: 1984 Los Angeles small-bore rifle 3x20 champion with 581 (Olympic record) and air rifle bronze; also 1982 Asian Games men's air rifle gold with 584.
Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师)
Wu Xin the Monster Killer (无心法师) is a 2015 Chinese fantasy web drama adapted from Ni Luo's novel, produced by Tangren Media and Sohu Video, starring Han Dongjun and Jin Chen; 20 episodes, 1.35 billion views, Wenrong Award winner, with sequels in 2017 and 2020.
Wu Xinhong
Wu Xinhong (吴欣鸿), born 1981, is the founder, CEO, and chairman of Meitu, Inc., the Xiamen photo-editing app company he started in 2008 and listed in Hong Kong in 2016.
Wu Xinyu
Wu Xinyu (吴新雨) is a Chinese private fund manager who founded Shanghai Daoyan Private Fund after working at Jinglin Asset, a large Chinese private fund manager.
Wu Xu
Wu Xu (许武) is an electrochemist and Chief Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, known for electrolyte work making lithium metal batteries practical, honored by the DOE in 2023.
Wu Yanyan
Wu Yanyan (吴艳艳), Chinese swimmer born 1978, 1998 world champion in the 200 m individual medley and world record holder (2:09.72, 1997–2008); banned four years for anabolic steroids before the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Wu Yen (钟无艳)
Wu Yen (鍾無艷, Chung Mou Yim) is a 2001 Hong Kong Lunar New Year comedy-fantasy by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Anita Mui as a cross-dressed Emperor Qi, Sammi Cheng as the warrior Wu Yen, and Cecilia Cheung as a gender-shifting fox fairy.
Wu Yi of Shang shooting at Heaven
Wu Yi of Shang shooting at Heaven (武乙射天) is the traditional story of the late Shang king Wu Yi shooting at the god Heaven, recorded in the Shiji.
Wu Yiran
Wu Yiran (吴逸然) is a Chinese finance executive who co-founded the Beijing peer-to-peer lending platform Yooli.com in 2012 and served as its CEO from September 2015 to 2020.
Wu Youru
Wu Youru (吴友如, died about 1893) was a Chinese painter of the late Qing dynasty and founding chief painter of the Dianshizhai Pictorial in Shanghai.
Wu Yu
Wu Yu (吴愉) is a Chinese boxer, born 1995 in Guizhou, who won women's 50 kg gold at Paris 2024, the 2023 world title at 52 kg, and the 2023 Asian Games title; distinct from a speed skater and a runner of the same name.
Wu Yuanheng
Wu Yuanheng (武元衡, 758–815), courtesy name Bocang, was a Tang dynasty statesman and poet, twice chancellor under Emperor Xianzong, who directed the campaign against the Huai region and was assassinated in 815.
Wu Yuanji
Wu Yuanji (吴元济), 782–817, was a Tang dynasty military governor who held the Huaxi garrison against Emperor Xianzong for four years before being captured at Caizhou and beheaded in 817.
Wu Yubi
Wu Yubi (吴与弼, 1392–1469) was a Confucian scholar and teacher of Chongren, Jiangxi, who abandoned the examination career, farmed to support himself, and founded the Chongren school of early Ming Neo-Confucianism.
Wu Yue Bei Shi
Wu Yue Bei Shi (吴越备史), the Prepared History of Wu and Yue, is a chronicle of the Wuyue kingdom attributed to Qian Yan in the Song History.