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Xu Chuansheng

Xu Chuansheng (徐传升), known in English as David Su, is a Singaporean venture capitalist and founding managing partner of Matrix Partners China, an early-stage firm established in 2008.

Xu Da (徐达), courtesy name Tiande, was a Chinese general and statesman who served as principal commander under Ming founder Taizu, defeating Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng and driving the Yuan dynasty from its capital.

Xu Dishan

Xu Dishan (许地山), pen name Luohuasheng, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, and religious scholar who co-founded the Literary Research Association and became the first Chinese professor at the University of Hong Kong.

Xu Dong

Xu Dong (许东) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Shenzhen Noah Industrial in 1999, maker of Noah electronic dictionaries, and led Noah Education Holdings on the New York Stock Exchange.

Xu Fu (Qin expedition seeker of immortality)

Xu Fu (徐福) was an envoy sent by Qin Shihuang to sea to seek the drug of immortality; he settled abroad as a king and never returned.

Xu Fu (Song dynasty official and poet)

Xu Fu (徐俯), courtesy name Shichuan, was a Song dynasty official and Jiangxi school poet from Hongzhou who rose under Emperor Gaozong to become acting vice grand councilor.

Xu Gan

Xu Gan (徐幹), courtesy name Weichang, was a Chinese writer and thinker of the late Eastern Han dynasty, one of the Seven Masters of Jian'an named by Cao Pi.

Xu Guangqi

Xu Guangqi (徐光启), courtesy name Zixian, was a Shanghai-born Ming dynasty scholar-official who rose to Grand Secretary, promoted Western science, and led the calendar reform used by the Qing for over 260 years.

Xu Guanju

Xu Guanju (徐冠巨, born 1961) is a Chinese entrepreneur who co-founded Transfar Group with his father in 1986 and chairs the chemicals and logistics conglomerate.

Xu Guilin

Xu Guilin (许桂林, 1779–1821) was a Qing dynasty classical scholar and mathematician from Haizhou, remembered for commentaries on the classics and works joining Chinese calculation with Western methods.

Oct 21, 2026

Xu Haifeng

Xu Haifeng (许海峰), born 1957 in Fujian, Chinese pistol shooter; won 1984 Los Angeles free pistol gold with 566/600, China's first-ever Olympic medal and gold, later a coach.

Xu Hang

Xu Hang (徐航) is a Chinese medical-device entrepreneur who co-founded Mindray in Shenzhen in 1991, led development of China's first color B-mode ultrasound device, and is a billionaire.

Xu Haoyu

Xu Haoyu (徐浩宇) is a Chinese pharmaceutical executive who became chairman and president of Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group in 2021 after his father Xu Jingren's death.

Xu Heng

Xu Heng (许衡) was a Confucian scholar-official of the Yuan dynasty who served Kublai Khan, founding the dynasty's schools and court institutions and leading the Shoushi calendar reform.

Xu Huaizhong

Xu Huaizhong (徐怀中, 1929–2023) was a Chinese military writer and major general whose novel Qianfeng Ji won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2019, when he was about ninety.

Xu Huang

Xu Huang (徐晃), courtesy name Gongming, was a general of Cao Cao in the late Han and Three Kingdoms period, famed for breaking Guan Yu's siege of Fan.

Xu Hun

Xu Hun (courtesy name Yonghui) was a late Tang dynasty poet and official from Danyang, Jiangsu, best known for his seven-character regulated verse and its water imagery.

Xu Ji

Xu Ji (徐勣) was a Song dynasty official and historian, a jinshi from Xuanzhou who rose to Hanlin Academician under Emperor Huizong and helped compile the history of the Shenzong reign.

Xu Jianwen

Xu Jianwen (许建文), born in 1984, is a Chinese internet-finance entrepreneur who founded and led Renren Jucai, a Shenzhen P2P lending platform specializing in car-backed loans.

Xu Jiayin

Xu Jiayin (许家印, Hui Ka Yan) is the Chinese property developer who founded Evergrande in 1996.

Xu Jie

Xu Jie (徐阶, 1503–1583) was a Ming dynasty official from Huating, Songjiang, who served the Jiajing Emperor and replaced Yan Song as Senior Grand Secretary.

Xu Jing

Xu Jing (許靖), courtesy name Wenxiu, was a late Han dynasty official famed as a judge of men who became Situ, a chief minister of Shu Han, under Liu Bei.

Xu Jingcheng

Xu Jingcheng (许景澄, 1845–1900) was a Qing dynasty diplomat from Jiaxing who negotiated the Pamir boundary with Russia and was executed during the Boxer crisis.

Oct 10, 2026

Xu Jingheng

Xu Jingheng (许景衡, 1072–1128) was a Northern Song Confucian scholar-official from Rui'an, Wenzhou, who served four emperors, opposed Huizong's fiscal excesses, and died in exile in 1128.

Sep 17, 2026

Xu Jinglei

Xu Jinglei (徐静蕾, born 1974, Beijing) is a Chinese actress, director, and screenwriter, one of the 'Four Little Flower Actresses'; Silver Seashell winner for Letter from an Unknown Woman and first mainland female director with a 100-million-yuan film.

Xu Jingnan

Xu Jingnan (许景南), born 1955, is a Chinese entrepreneur from Quanzhou, Fujian, who founded and chairs Peak Sport Products, the basketball-focused sportswear brand started in 1989.

Xu Jingye

Xu Jingye (徐敬业) was a Tang-dynasty official who raised a rebel army at Yangzhou against Empress Wu in 684, proclaiming the emperor's restoration, and was crushed by Li Xiaoyi.

Xu Jingzong

Xu Jingzong (许敬宗, courtesy name Yanzu, 592–672) was a Tang dynasty civil official, historian, and chief minister under Emperors Taizong and Gaozong, remembered for directing major compilations and backing the future Empress Wu.