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Zheng Chouyu
Zheng Chouyu, born Zheng Wentao (1933–2025), was a Taiwanese poet whose 1954 lyric poem "Mistake" became one of the most widely read poems in the Chinese-speaking world.
Zheng clan of Xingyang
The Zheng clan of Xingyang (荥阳郑氏) was a great aristocratic lineage of Tang China, one of the four great commandery surnames alongside the Cui, Lu, and Wang.
Zheng Ding
Zheng Ding (郑鼎), 1215 to 1277, was a Yuan dynasty general and administrator who fought at Dali and the Yangtze and drowned suppressing a rebellion in Hubei.
Zheng Dong
Zheng Dong is a cell biologist and Regents' Professor at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta who studies cell death and repair in acute kidney injury.
Zheng fen
Zheng Fen (挣分, "competing for points") is a Chinese 3-6 player card game blending climbing-game play with king-ten-five point-trick scoring: fives score 5, tens and kings 10, 100 points per hand, first to a 500 or 1,000 target wins.
Zheng Guangzu
Zheng Guangzu (郑光祖), courtesy name Dehui, was a Yuan-dynasty playwright and songwriter from Shanxi, ranked among the four great masters of Yuan drama; his masterpiece is The Soul of Qiannü Leaves Her Body.
Zheng Guo Canal Espionage Case
The Zheng Guo Canal Espionage Case (郑国渠事件) was a Warring States stratagem in which Han sent engineer Zheng Guo to Qin in 246 BC to propose a canal that would drain its strength.
Zheng He (郑和)
Zheng He, born Ma He, was a Chinese court eunuch, admiral, and diplomat of the early Ming dynasty who commanded seven maritime expeditions between 1405 and 1433.
Zheng He Montes
Zheng He Montes is a 101-km-wide water-ice mountain range on Pluto, second from north among six ranges along western Sputnik Planitia; IAU-named in 2021 for the Chinese explorer Zheng He (1371–1433).
Zheng He's nautical charts (Mao Kun map)
Zheng He's nautical charts (郑和航海图), known as the Mao Kun map, is the earliest and most detailed surviving Chinese nautical chart, preserved in the 1621 Wubei Zhi.
Zheng He's seventh voyage (宣德下西洋)
Zheng He's seventh voyage (宣德下西洋) was the final and seventh Ming expedition to the Indian Ocean, ordered by the Xuande emperor in 1430 and completed in 1433, after which the voyages ceased.
Zheng He's voyages to Malacca
Zheng He's voyages to Malacca (Kunjungan Zheng He ke Melaka) were the Ming treasure fleets' repeated calls at Malacca from 1405 to 1433, making it their main Southeast Asian base.
Zheng Huangong
Zheng Huangong (郑桓公), known as Duke Huan of Zheng and personally named You, was the founder of the state of Zheng at the end of the Western Zhou dynasty.
Zheng Ji
Zheng Ji (郑吉) was a Han dynasty military administrator from Kuaiji who rose from common soldier to become the first Protector General of the Western Regions, serving Emperor Xuan.
Zheng Jin
Zheng Jin (郑仅, 1047–1113), courtesy name Yanneng, was a Song dynasty official from Xuzhou who rose to Vice Minister of Revenue and proposed state farms on the northwest border.
Zheng Juncong
Zheng Juncong (郑俊聪) is a Singapore-born venture capitalist who founded and leads Vertex Ventures China, Temasek-backed, known for early bets on Grab, Mobike, and IGG.
Zheng Keshuang
Zheng Keshuang (郑克塽, 1670–1707) surrendered the Zheng family regime on Taiwan to the Qing dynasty in 1683 and lived out his life in Beijing as a duke.
Zheng Kuishi
Zheng Kuishi (郑魁士) was a Qing dynasty military commander from Wanquan, Zhili, who rose from the ranks fighting the Taiping and Nian rebellions and received the posthumous name Zhonglie.
Zheng Lihui
Zheng Lihui (鄭•李輝), Chinese artistic gymnast born 1978 in Xiantao, Hubei; won team gold and placed ninth in the all-around at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, plus Universiade medals.
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu is a materials scientist and President's Chair professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, known for synthesizing 47 atomically thin metal chalcogenides by molten-salt-assisted chemical vapor deposition.
Zheng Meizhu
Zheng Meizhu (郑美珠), born 1962 in Fuzhou, Fujian, is a Chinese volleyball player who won 1984 Olympic gold, 1988 bronze, and world titles in 1982 and 1986.
Zheng Ouyang
Zheng Ouyang (欧阳证) is a Chinese analytical chemist and Tsinghua University professor known for miniature mass spectrometers, paper spray ionization, and a 2024 method for separating mirror-image molecules.
Zheng Qian
Zheng Qian (郑虔) was a Tang dynasty official, calligrapher, painter, and geographer whom Emperor Xuanzong praised for the "three perfections" of poetry, calligraphy, and painting.
Zheng Qiang
Zheng Qiang (郑强, born 1960) is a Chinese polymer chemist and rheologist known for the "Model of Song and Zheng" and for his widely followed lectures on education.
Zheng Qiao
Zheng Qiao (郑樵, 1104–1162) was a Song dynasty scholar of Putian who compiled the 200-juan encyclopedic history Tongzhi, whose Jiaochou lüe is China's first theory of bibliography.
Zheng Qingzhi
Zheng Qingzhi (郑清之, 1176–1251) was a Song dynasty statesman from Ningbo who twice headed Emperor Lizong's government as Grand Councilor and recruited upright officials in 1234.
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文)
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文), born 2002 in Shiyan, Hubei, is a Chinese tennis player, Paris 2024 Olympic singles gold medalist, 2024 Australian Open finalist, and former world No. 4 with six WTA titles.
Zheng Qinwen career statistics
Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文), Chinese tennis player, born 2002; 2024 Paris Olympic gold medalist, 2024 Australian Open and WTA Finals runner-up, six WTA titles, career-high No. 4 in June 2025.
Zheng Saisai
Zheng Saisai (郑•赛赛), Chinese tennis player born 1994 in Xi'an; 2019 San Jose WTA singles champion over Sabalenka, six WTA doubles titles, career-high No. 34, three-time Olympian.
Zheng Shuang (郑爽) (actress, born 1991)
Zheng Shuang (郑爽), born 1991 in Shenyang, is a mainland Chinese actress famous for Meteor Shower, Swords of Legends, and Love O2O, distinct from the 1966-born actress of the same name; her career ended in 2021 over a surrogacy scandal and tax evasion case.