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Zhu Jianhua

Zhu Jianhua (朱建华), born 1963 in Shanghai, Chinese high jumper; three-time world record holder (2.37, 2.38, 2.39 m), 1983 World Championships and 1984 Olympic bronze medallist; his 2.39 m Chinese record still stands.

Zhu Jun

Zhu Jun, courtesy name Gongwei (朱儁), was an Eastern Han general who crushed the Yellow Turban rebellion, opposed Dong Zhuo, and rose to become Grand Commandant.

Zhu Kerong's Seizure of Youzhou

Zhu Kerong's Seizure of Youzhou (朱克融据幽州) was the takeover of the Lulong garrison at Youzhou by the officer Zhu Kerong, whose mutiny imprisoned commissioner Zhang Hongjing.

Zhu Kexin

Zhu Kexin (朱可心, born Zhu Kaichang, 1904 to 1986) was a Chinese Yixing zisha pottery master best known for naturalistic flower-vessel teapots called "Kexin flower ware".

Zhu Qianwei

Zhu Qianwei (朱倩蔚), Chinese freestyle swimmer born 1990 in Shanghai; 2008 Olympic silver in 4x200 m freestyle relay, world records in that event long course (7:42.08, 2009) and short course (7:35.94, 2010).

Zhu Qinan

Zhu Qinan (朱启南), Chinese rifle shooter born 1984 in Wenzhou; "Magic Boy" won 10 m air rifle gold at Athens 2004 (702.7 WR) and silver at Beijing 2008, later a Zhejiang shooting administrator.

Zhu Qizhan

Zhu Qizhan (朱屺瞻) was a Chinese painter and calligrapher from Taicang, Jiangsu, 1892 to 1996, known for vigorous ink landscapes and flowers blending Chinese tradition with Western color.

Zhu Quan

Zhu Quan (朱权, 1378–1448) was a Ming dynasty prince, the first Prince of Ning, remembered as a drama theorist and author of the Taihe Zhengyin Pu.

Zhu Ran

Zhu Ran (朱然), courtesy name Yifeng, was a general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period who served Sun Ce and Sun Quan and held Jiangling against a six-month Wei siege.

Zhu Rongji (朱镕基)

Zhu Rongji (朱镕基), 1928–2026, fifth premier of China (1998–2003), vice premier and PBOC governor; drove SOE restructuring, the 1994 tax reform, housing privatization, and WTO accession.

Zhu Shuzhen

Zhu Shuzhen (朱淑真), also styled Youqijushi, was a Song dynasty poet and ci lyricist, one of imperial China's most prolific women poets, paired with Li Qingzhao.

Zhu State Ancient City

邾国故城 (Zhu State Ancient City, Jiwangcheng): Eastern Zhou capital of Zhu from 614 BC and Qin-Han Zou county seat in Zoucheng, Shandong; 6 sq km walled site, 2,000+ pottery inscriptions, and the only known Qin-Xin county government office.

Zhu Tao

Zhu Tao (朱滔) was a Tang dynasty military governor of Youzhou, brother of the rebel Zhu Ci, who joined the four-king rebellion and died in 785.

Zhu Tiangui

Zhu Tiangui (朱天贵) was a naval commander of the Ming–Qing transition from Putian, Fujian who surrendered to the Qing with 20,000 men in 1680 and died at the battle of Penghu in 1683.

Zhu Ting

Zhu Ting (朱婷, born 1994) is a Chinese volleyball outside hitter who captained China to gold at the 2016 Olympics, where she was named Most Valuable Player.

Zhu Wen

Zhu Wen (朱温), granted the name Zhu Quanzhong, was a late Tang general who defected from the rebel Huang Chao and rose to power as Xuanwu Military Commissioner from 883.

Zhu Wen forces the move of the capital to Luoyang

Zhu Wen forces the move of the capital to Luoyang (迁都洛阳) was the forced transfer of the Tang capital from Chang'an to Luoyang by the warlord Zhu Wen.

Zhu Xi (朱熹)

Zhu Xi (朱熹, 1130–1200), also called Zhu Zi or Chu Hsi, was the preeminent Southern Song Neo-Confucian (Daoxue) philosopher who compiled the Four Books with commentary, the basis of China's civil service examinations from the Yuan dynasty until 1905/1908.

Zhu Xiang

Zhu Xiang (朱湘, courtesy name Ziyuan, 1904–1933) was a Chinese formalist poet of the Crescent Moon Society, a pioneer translator of Western literature into Chinese, and Lu Xun's China's Keats.

Zhu Xingliang

Zhu Xingliang (朱兴良), born in 1959, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration in Suzhou in 1993, China's first listed decoration company, and was Jiangsu's richest person in 2013.

Zhu Xinli

Zhu Xinli (朱新礼), born 1952 in Shandong, is a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Huiyuan Juice in 1992, saw a $2.4 billion Coca-Cola sale blocked in 2009, and left as it entered bankruptcy restructuring.

Zhu Xuan

Zhu Xuan (朱瑄, died 897) was a Tang dynasty military governor who ruled Tianping Army from Yunzhou and was captured and beheaded by Zhu Wen's forces.

Zhu Yi (pharmaceutical executive)

Zhu Yi (朱义, born 1963) is a Chinese pharmaceutical entrepreneur who founded Sichuan Baili-Tianqing and licensed its lead cancer drug to Bristol Myers Squibb for up to $8.4 billion.

Zhu Yi (朱易) (figure skater)

Zhu Yi (朱易, Beverly Zhu), born 2002 in Westwood, California, is a US-born ladies' figure skater who switched to China in 2018, competed at Beijing 2022 (team 5th), and holds personal bests of 174.00 total (2026 Four Continents).

Zhu Yigui

Zhu Yigui (朱一贵), known as the Duck Mother King, was a duck-raising farmer in Qing Taiwan who led a major uprising against officials in 1721.

Zhu Yiming (朱一明)

Zhu Yiming (朱一明) is a Chinese semiconductor entrepreneur who founded memory chip designer GigaDevice in 2005 and Changxin Memory Technologies in 2016, now China's largest and the world's fourth-largest DRAM producer.

Zhu Yingwen

Zhu Yingwen (朱颖文) is a Chinese sprint freestyle swimmer, born in 1981 in Shanghai, who won Olympic silver in the 4 × 200 meter relay at Athens 2004.

Zhu Yizun

Zhu Yizun (朱彝尊), 1629 to 1709, was a Qing dynasty scholar, poet, and bibliophile from Jiaxing who compiled the Ming History and founded the Zhexi school of ci poetry.

Zhu Youdun

Zhu Youdun, also known by his studio name Chengzhai (诚斋), was a Ming dynasty imperial prince and playwright whose thirty-one surviving zaju plays mark a major step in the transformation of Ming drama.

Zhu Yougui's parricide and usurpation

Zhu Yougui's parricide and usurpation (朱友珪弑父) was the 912 palace murder in which Zhu Yougui killed his father, Later Liang founder Zhu Wen, and seized the throne.