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Xu Xiangqian

Xu Xiangqian (徐向前) was a Chinese communist military commander, one of the ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China, who later served as Defense Minister.

Xu Xianzhi

Xu Xianzhi (徐羡之), courtesy name Zongwen, was a leading minister of the Liu-Song dynasty who served as regent for the young emperor and installed Emperor Wen.

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin (徐小斌) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter best known for her 1998 novel Yushe, Feathered Serpent, which follows five generations of women from the late Qing onward.

Xu Xiaoyu

Xu Xiaoyu (徐晓昱, born 1984) is a Chinese life-science executive and founding-team member of Nanjing Vazyme Biotech, a biological-reagent and diagnostics company, serving as deputy general manager since 2020.

Xu Xin (许昕) (table tennis)

Xu Xin (许昕), born 1990, Chinese left-handed penhold table tennis player with reverse penhold backhand; two Olympic team golds (2016, 2020), 2020 mixed doubles silver with Liu Shiwen, 2019 world mixed doubles champion.

Xu Xuan

Xu Xuan (徐铉, 916–991), courtesy name Dingchen, was a Chinese scholar-official who served Southern Tang, then the Song, and directed the standard revision of the Shuowen jiezi.

Xu Xun

Xu Xun (许逊, 239–374) was a Jin dynasty scholar-official and Daoist figure, later the patriarch deity of the Jingming school and a protective god of Jiangxi.

Xu Yanmei

Xu Yanmei (许艳梅), Chinese platform diver born 1971 in Nankang, Jiangxi; won the 1988 Seoul Olympic women's 10 m platform gold, China's first gold of those Games, later an international diving referee and ISHOF honoree.

Xu Yanruo

Xu Yanruo (徐彦若), courtesy name Yuzhi, was a Tang dynasty statesman who served as chancellor to Emperor Zhaozong in the 890s and died in 901.

Xu Yanwang

Xu Yanwang (徐偃王) was a ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Xu, recorded in the Shiji as a rebel defeated by King Mu of Zhou.

Xu Yanwei

Xu Yanwei (徐妍玮, born 1984 in Shanghai) is a retired Chinese swimmer who won silver in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Xu Yingkui

Xu Yingkui (许应骙) was a Qing dynasty official, 1830 to 1903, who served as an examiner, education commissioner, and vice minister, ending as Viceroy of Min-Zhe.

Xu Yiyang (徐艺洋)

Xu Yiyang (徐艺洋), born 1997 in Nanchong, Sichuan, is a Chinese pop singer and actress, former SM trainee, LEGAL HIGH member, eighth-place Chuang 2020 finalist, L.Tao Entertainment artist, and wife of Huang Zitao.

Xu Yong (businessman)

Xu Yong (徐勇), known as Eric Yong Xu, is a Chinese biochemist-turned-businessman who co-founded Baidu with Robin Li and served as its chief strategy officer until 2004.

Xu Yongjiu

Xu Yongjiu (徐永久), Chinese race walker born 1964 in Dalian; won the first women's 10 km walk at the 1983 IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Bergen, becoming China's first track and field world champion, and set 5 km and 10,000 m walk world records.

Xu You

Xu You (许攸), courtesy name Ziyuan, was a Nanyang strategist who defected from Yuan Shao to Cao Cao at Guandu and planned the burning of Wuchao.

Xu Yuan

Xu Yuan (许远) was a Tang dynasty official, Prefect of Suiyang, who with Zhang Xun held the city against rebels for over a year in the An Lushan rebellion.

Xu Yuanlang

Xu Yuanlang (徐圆朗) was a rebel leader at the end of the Sui dynasty who built a power base at Yan Prefecture in Shandong with some 20,000 men.

Xu Yunli

Xu Yunli (徐云丽), Chinese middle blocker born 1987 in Fuqing, Fujian; Fujian Provincial Team player, three-time Olympian: bronze at Beijing 2008, fifth at London 2012, gold at Rio 2016, plus 2014 world silver.

Xu Zhen

Xu Zhen (许贞) was a Qing dynasty general, formerly a Zheng commander in Fujian, who surrendered in 1664, crushed Geng Jingzhong's rebellion in Jiangxi, and later led Guangdong's forces.

Xu Zheng (Chinese entrepreneur)

Xu Zheng (徐正) is the Chinese entrepreneur who founded and led MissFresh, the Beijing online grocer that listed on Nasdaq in 2021 and collapsed a year later.

Xu Zhenqing

Xu Zhenqing (徐祯卿, 1479–1511) was a Ming dynasty poet and critic from Wuxian, remembered as one of the Wuzhong Four Talents and author of the Tanyi lu.

Xu Zhidu

Xu Zhidu (徐治都, 1631–1697) was a Qing dynasty military commander of the Hanjun Plain White Banner who held Yiling and suppressed the 1688 Wuchang mutiny.

Xu Zhigao

Xu Zhigao (徐知诰) was a statesman of the Wu state in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period who rose to direct the Wu court and receive its ruler's abdication.

Xu Zhimo

Xu Zhimo (徐志摩) was a Chinese poet, essayist, and translator of the Republican era, best known for "Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again"; he died in a 1931 plane crash.

Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian

The Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian is a 980-juan chronicle of the Northern Song dynasty, compiled by the Southern Song historian Li Tao and completed in 1182.

Xuan Bi Tang

宣痹汤 (Xuan Bi Tang) is a Qing-dynasty formula from Wu Jutong's Wenbing Tiaobian for damp-heat painful obstruction, composed of fangji, coix, apricot kernel, talc and five other drugs; distinct from the upper-jiao formula of the same name and now studied as adjunct therapy in rheumatoid arthritis.

Xuân Diệu

Xuân Diệu (1916–1985), real name Ngô Xuân Diệu, was a Vietnamese poet and literary critic known as the "king of love poetry" and a leading figure of the Thơ Mới movement.

Xuan of Zhou's Appointment of the Qin as Defender of the Western Frontier (宣王命秦仲伐西戎)

Xuan of Zhou's appointment of the Qin as defender of the western frontier (宣王命秦仲伐西戎) commissioned Qin Zhong against the Western Rong; killed in battle, he was avenged by his sons with 7,000 royal troops.

Xuan paper

Xuan paper (宣纸) is a handmade Chinese paper from Jing County, Anhui, made of blue sandalwood bark and rice straw and prized for calligraphy and ink painting.