Famous people in china biography

A list of famous Chinese men and women who have shaped China and the world.

Sun Tzu ( 544 BC – ) Chinese Military general and philosopher. He wrote “The Art of War” which is an influential guide to military strategy and the art of war.

Sun Tzu suggested alternatives to open conflict and how to deal with a more powerful enemy – through cunning strategy and temporary delays.

Laozi (Lao Tsu) (c 571 BCE) Laozi was a Chinese poet and philosopher.

Famous people in china biography

He was the author of the Tao Te Ching and the founder of philosophical Taoism.

Confucius (551 – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher, political writer, reformer and author of The Analects. Confucius was a conservative philosopher, stressing family loyalty, duty, the importance of family and tradition.

He also emphasised the well-known maxim. “Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself.”

Mencius (372 – 289 BC) A Chinese sage who developed a tradition of Confucianism based around the belief that human n