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Wang Chuzhi
Wang Chuzhi, also known as Wang Yunming, was a military commissioner of the Yiwu Army in the Five Dynasties period. He defected from the Later Liang to the Jin forces.
Wang Ciyue
Wang Ciyue (王赐月), Chinese artistic swimmer born 1999 in Nanjing; won Paris 2024 Olympic team gold (996.1389), China's first in the sport, plus seven world team titles 2022–2024 and 2023 Asian Games gold.
Wang clan of Langya
The Wang clan of Langya (琅邪王氏) is a Chinese aristocratic clan prominent from the Han through the Southern dynasties, peaking in the early Eastern Jin.
Wang clan of Langye
The Wang clan of Langye (琅琊王氏) was a Chinese aristocratic lineage whose power peaked in the Eastern Jin, when Wang Dao co-founded Sima Rui's regime.
Wang clan of Taiyuan
The Wang clan of Taiyuan (太原王氏) was a Chinese aristocratic lineage claiming descent from an ancient Wang house at Taiyuan, with principal branches at Jinyang and Qixian.
Wang Clan of Yuancheng
The Wang Clan of Yuancheng (元城王氏) was a Western Han consort clan based in Yuancheng, Weijun, which rose through Empress Wang Zhengjun and ended the Han under Wang Mang.
Wang Dan
Wang Dan (王旦, 957–1017), courtesy name Ziming, was a Song dynasty statesman who served as grand councilor under Emperor Zhenzong from 1006 to 1017 and received the posthumous name Wenzheng.
Wang Dao
Wang Dao (王导) was the leading statesman of the early Eastern Jin dynasty, chief minister to Emperors Yuan, Ming, and Cheng until his death in 330.
Wang Daxie
Wang Daxie (汪大燮) was a Chinese diplomat of the late Qing and early Republic, a Qiantang native who served as minister to Britain and Japan before dying in 1928.
Wang Dayou
Wang Dayou (汪大猷, 1120–1200) was a Southern Song Confucian scholar-official from Ningbo who served as Quanzhou prefect, envoy to the Jin state, and Minister of Personnel.
Wang Dayuan
Wang Dayuan (汪大渊) was a Yuan dynasty Chinese navigator and geographer born around 1311 in Nanchang, whose Daoyi Zhilüe of 1349/1350 recorded over 220 places from Southeast Asia to Africa.
Wang Debang
Wang Debang (王德榜, 1837–1893) was a Qing dynasty general and provincial administrator from Jianghua, Hunan, who served under Zuo Zongtang and fought in the Sino-French War.
Wang Defeng
Wang Defeng (王德峰, born 1956) is a Chinese philosopher and professor at Fudan University whose lectures on Marxist philosophy and Wang Yangming went viral online.
Wang Delu
Wang Delu (王得禄) was a Qing naval commander from Taiwan who rose to admiral of the Zhejiang and Fujian fleets and destroyed the pirate chief Cai Qian.
Wang Dingjun
Wang Dingjun (王鼎钧, born April 1925) is a Chinese-language essayist from Linyi, Shandong, regarded as a leading figure of modern Chinese prose and a master of the memoir.
Wang Dingjun's Memoirs
Wang Dingjun's Memoirs (王鼎鈞回憶錄四部曲) is a four-volume autobiographical series by Taiwanese essayist Wang Dingjun, spanning the War of Resistance, the Chinese Civil War, and his thirty years in Taiwan.
Wang Dongsheng
Wang Dongsheng (王东升, born 1957) is a Chinese industrialist who founded BOE Technology Group in 1993 and built it into the world's largest display panel maker.
Wang Dou
Wang Dou (王都) was a Five Dynasties military governor who ruled the Yiwu command from Dingzhou and died by self-immolation after his rebellion against Later Tang failed.
Wang Duanshu
Wang Duanshu (王端淑) was a Chinese poet, painter, critic, and anthologist of the Ming–Qing transition, known for compiling one of the largest pre-modern anthologies of women's poetry.
Wang Dulu
Wang Dulu (王度庐, pen name of Wang Baoxiang, 1909–1977) was a Beijing-born Manchu wuxia novelist, one of the Republican-era Northern School masters, whose five-part Crane-Iron Series written in Qingdao 1938–1944 includes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, later adapted by Ang Lee.
Wang Dun
Wang Dun (王敦, 266–324) was an Eastern Jin general who helped enthrone Emperor Yuan, then rebelled against the court and seized the capital in 322.
Wang Dun's rebellion
Wang Dun's rebellion (王敦之乱) was a rising against the Eastern Jin court led by the senior general Wang Dun, begun in 321 over the emperor's efforts to curb the Wang clan.
Wang Duo
Wang Duo (王鐸, courtesy name Zhaofan) was a Tang dynasty chancellor who twice commanded the campaign against the late Tang rebellions before being murdered in 884.
Wang E
Wang E (王鶚, 1190–1273) was a Confucian official and historian who took first in the Jin examination, survived the fall of Caizhou, and served Kublai Khan.
Wang Fanzhi
Wang Fanzhi (王梵志) is the name attached to a corpus of about 390 plain, vernacular five-character poems of the Tang dynasty, preserved mainly in Dunhuang manuscripts.
Wang Feng
Wang Feng: romanization of several Chinese names. Covers diver 王峰 (born 1979, 2008 Olympic synchro springboard gold), musician 汪峰 (born 1971), memory champion 王峰 (born 1990), and Han statesman 王鳳 (died 22 BCE).
Wang Feng (汪峰) (singer)
Wang Feng (汪峰), born 1971 in Beijing, is a mainland Chinese rock singer-songwriter trained in violin at the Central Conservatory of Music. He led the band鲍家街43号 before going solo with Warner in 2000, known for《春天里》《飞得更高》《怒放的生命》, and mainstream rock.
Wang Fu (Eastern Han political essayist)
Wang Fu (王符), courtesy name Jiexin, was an Eastern Han political essayist from present-day Gansu who never held office but wrote the influential Qianfu Lun.
Wang Fu (Song dynasty chancellor)
Wang Fu (王黼, 1079–1126) was a Song dynasty chancellor who rose swiftly under Emperor Huizong, directed the alliance with the Jin to recover the Yan region, and was killed in 1126.
Wang Fuk Court fire
Wang Fuk Court fire: deadly Level 5 blaze of November 26, 2025 in Tai Po, Hong Kong, during a renovation; seven of eight towers burned, 168 killed, leading to manslaughter charges and a judicial inquiry.