Use the following sites to find biographies on famous Chinese: China Vitae http://www.chinavitae.com "China Vitae is an online biographical database that provides more than 2500 biographies of current Chinese political, military, economic, business, and academic leaders. ... [U]sers can easily create lists of officials who have similar career paths, organizational affiliations, education, and places of origin." Searchable and browsable by name. "Drawing on official Chinese sources, Wen Wei Publishing Co. Ltd. Hong Kong provides the basic biographical information used in China Vitae."  (LII, 2007) Chinese and Taiwanese Biographies http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/1chinhistbio.html Features a long list of famous people and links to their biographies. Biography of Famous people in Chinese history http://www.chinapage.com/biography/biography.html Includes poets, writers, and calligraphers. Chinese Biographies  (Internet Guide for Chinese studies) http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/igbio.htm Database can be searched by exact name. Zhang Heng http://www.sinopro.com/zhang.htm Biography of this mathematician, astronomer and geographer. Sun Tsu’s Art of Warfare http://www.chinavoc.com/history/dongzhou/sunzi.htm Links to additional thinkers and philosophers of the period, including Confucius, Lao Tzu, Zhuang Zi, Sun Zi Sun Tzu Refernce Archive http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sun-tzu/works/art-of-war/index.htm Includes the full English text of the Art of War. Zhang Xueliang http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/z/zh/zhang_xueliang.html Brief biography. Life Story of Jiang Zemin http://english.people.com.cn/leaders/jzm/jzmhome.htm Jiang Zemin http://www.chinatoday.com/general/jiang.htm Chinese History - Sun Yat Sen http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Rep/sunzhongshan.html Sun Yat-sen http://www.fact-index.com/s/su/sun_yat_sen_1.html Includes a biography, his legacy, and links to additional sites. Jiang Qing http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CHINAjiang.htm A brief biography with many hyperlinks. Mao Zedong  (Time 100) http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/mao.html The Terracotta Army of Emperor Qin ShiHuang http://members.aol.com/h2oskineil/travel/page10c.htm Qin Shihuang - The first Emperor in Chinese history http://www.chinavoc.com/history/qin/qinshh.htm Queen Ci Xi governed China http://library.thinkquest.org/20704/En/cixi.htm?tqskip1=1 Empress Dowager Ci Xi http://www.anniebees.com/China/China_9.htm Chiang Kai-shek http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Rep/jiangjieshi.html Chiang Kaishek http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/movers-and-shakers/chiang.html The life of Deng Xiaoping http://www.cbw.com/asm/xpdeng/life.html Deng Xiaoping http://english.people.com.cn/data/people/dengxiaoping.shtml Zhou Enlai http://library.thinkquest.org/26469/movers-and-shakers/zhou.html Zhou Enlai Reference Archive http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/zhou-enlai/ Jackie Chan biography http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/jackie_chan_biog.html Jackie Chan - Biography http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/jackie_chan/index.shtml Lao She http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/laoshe.htm Zhang Ai Ling http://www.wooster.edu/chinese/Chinese/courses/chinese_youth/writer/zhang_ailing.html Zhang Ailing http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/denton2/courses/c503/zal.htm Lu Xun - Father of modern Chinese literature http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/luxun/luxun.html Lu Xun http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/luxun.htm Chinese calligraphy master - Wang Xizhi http://www.wavedancing.net/calligrapher/wangxizhi.htm Xu Beihong http://wwar.com/masters/x/xu_beihong.html Biography and art work images. The Calligraphy of Xu Beihong http://www.chinaartnetworks.com/traditional/xubeihong/article1.shtml Biography of the Song sisters http://www.bookrags.com/biography/the-song-sisters/ The story of Li Bai http://www.legacy1.net/lee_ba.html Li Bai, Great Poet of the Tang Dynasty http://www.members.tripod.com/~journeyeast/li_bai.html Gong Li http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/shanghai/crew/li.html Gong Li, Actor http://www.lovehkfilm.com/people/gong_li.htm Story of Lao Tze http://www.chinapage.com/biography/bio-laozi.html Lao Zi http://www.fact-index.com/l/la/lao_zi.html Includes a biography, his works, and links to additional sites. The Lin Biao Reference Archive http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/lin-biao/ Features a biography of Lin Biao.  Links to biographies for Deng Xiaoping, Liu Shaoqi, Mao Zedong, and Zhou Enlai. A hero of the revolution falls hard http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/lin.biao/ Provides a biography of Lin Biao. Created and maintained by Ms. B. Knoepfel (Teacher-Librarian), McMath Secondary School. Updated February 2007.