Historical figures in Shaoxing

The atlas holds 3 people and 4 moments here, from 210 BC to 1906. The most recorded lives are Lu Xun, Qin Shi Huang and Sima Qian. Among them Historians, Writers and Mathematicians, across the Ancient World and the Qing Dynasty.

Notable people

  1. Lu Xun

    from 1881 to 1906

    2 moments here

    Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…

  2. Qin Shi Huang

    in 210 BC

    1 moment here

    Born Zhao Zheng at Handan, he became king of Qin as a child, completed the conquest of the rival Warring States, and proclaimed himself China’s First…

  3. Sima Qian

    in 126 BC

    1 moment here

    Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty and author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).…

Moments

  1. 210 BC Ascends Mount Kuaiji Qin Shi Huang
  2. 126 BC Search for Yu's burial place at Mount Xianglu Sima Qian
  3. 1881 Birth in Shaoxing Lu Xun
  4. 1906 Marriage in Shaoxing Lu Xun

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