Chinese Famous Names Starting with Letter X

Was a Chinese poet and military leader during the Southern Song dynasty.At the time of his life, nor

Was a Chinese poet and military leader during the Southern Song dynasty.At the time of his life, northern China was occupied by the Jurchens, a people from what is now north-east China then regarded as barbarians but later to become the Manchus. Only southern China was ruled by the Han Chinese Southern Song dynasty. Xin Qiji was born in the modern city of Jinan of Shandong Province, and in his childhood his grandfather told him about the time when the Han Chinese ruled the north and told him to be an honorable man and seek revenge against the barbarian for the nation. It was then when he developed his patriotic feelings.

A Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

A Chinese swimmer, who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a long-track speed-skater. She is set to represent China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women

Is a long-track speed-skater. She is set to represent China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Women's 500m and 1000m.

Is a Chinese track and field athlete.

Is a Chinese track and field athlete.

Is a female Chinese triathlete. Xing competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Oly

Is a female Chinese triathlete. Xing competed at the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She did not finish the race.

Is a Chinese race walker.He finished fourteenth in the 50 km distance at the 2004 World Race Walking

Is a Chinese race walker.He finished fourteenth in the 50 km distance at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships, where he did not finish, and the 2006 World Race Walking Cup.

Is a British-Chinese journalist and broadcaster, born in Beijing (Beping) in 1958. Xue often uses he

Is a British-Chinese journalist and broadcaster, born in Beijing (Beping) in 1958. Xue often uses her first name, Xinran, to identify herself as the author of work.In the late 1980s, she began working for Chinese radio and went on to become one of China's most successful journalists. In 1997 she moved to London, where she initially worked as cleaner. In London, she began work on her seminal book about Chinese women's lives The Good Women of China, a memoir relating many of the stories she heard while hosting her radio show ("Words on the Night Breeze") in China. The book is a candid revelation of many Chinese women's thoughts and experiences that took place both during and after the Cultural Revolution when Chairman Mao and Communism ruled the land. The book was published in 2002 and has been translated into numerous languages. Her second book Sky Burial was a fictionalized account of a true story involving a newlywed who spent 30 years looking for her lost husband in Tibet.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua as a right-back in the Chinese

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Shanghai Shenhua as a right-back in the Chinese Super League. Xiong Fei originally played for the youth team of Wuhan Optics Valley F.C. and even graduated to their senior team at the beginning of the 2008 league season.

Is a Chinese diver who won his first Olympic medal at the age of 14 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in S

Is a Chinese diver who won his first Olympic medal at the age of 14 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. He also competed at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000.

Was a Chinese mathematician from Yunnan. He was the first person to introduce modern mathematics int

Was a Chinese mathematician from Yunnan. He was the first person to introduce modern mathematics into China, and served as an influential president of Yunnan University from 1937 through 1947. A Chinese stamp was issued in his honour.

Is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 7.03 metres, achieved in October 1997 in

Is a retired Chinese long jumper.Her personal best jump was 7.03 metres, achieved in October 1997 in Shanghai

Was a modern Chinese philosopher whose major work A New Treatise on Consciousness-only (????, Xin We

Was a modern Chinese philosopher whose major work A New Treatise on Consciousness-only (????, Xin Weishi Lun) is a Confucian critique of the Buddhist "consciousness-only" theory popularized in China by the Tang Dynasty pilgrim Xuanzang.

Is a Chinese race walker.She finished thirteenth at the 2003 World Championships and eleventh at the

Is a Chinese race walker.She finished thirteenth at the 2003 World Championships and eleventh at the 2004 World Race Walking Cup, the latter in a personal best time of 1:29:30 hours.

Was primarily known for his shuimohua (chinese ink paintings) of horses and birds and one of the fir

Was primarily known for his shuimohua (chinese ink paintings) of horses and birds and one of the first Chinese artists to articulate the need for artistic expressions that reflected a new modern China at the beginning of the 20th century. He was also regarded as one of the first to create monumental oil paintings with epic Chinese themes - a show of his high proficiency in an essential Western art technique.[1]

Is a Chinese-born artist, resident in the United States since 1990.In 1990-91, Xu had his first exhi

Is a Chinese-born artist, resident in the United States since 1990.In 1990-91, Xu had his first exhibition in the United States at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Elvehjem Museum of Art (now Chazen Museum of Art) including his installations Book from the Sky and Ghosts Pounding the Wall. In Book from the Sky, the artist invented 4000 characters and hand-carved them into wood blocks, then used them as movable type to print volumes and scrolls, which are displayed laid out on the floor and hung from the ceiling. The vast planes of text seem to convey ancient wisdom, but are in fact unintelligible. The Glassy Surface of a Lake, a site-specific installation for the Elvehjem, was on view in 2004-05. In this work, a net of cast aluminum letters forming a passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden stretches across the museum's atrium and pours down into an illegible pile of letters on the floor below.

Is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Chinese national champion

Is a Chinese figure skater. She is a two-time Chinese national champion

Is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympi

Is a male Chinese sports shooter who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics, in the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. Xu De'en rose to prom

Is a Chinese football player who currently plays for Guangzhou Pharmaceutical. Xu De'en rose to prominence in 2005 for Guangzhou Pharmaceutical where he was praised for his speed and ability.

Is a former track and field athlete from PR China, who competed for her native country in the women'

Is a former track and field athlete from PR China, who competed for her native country in the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Is a Chinese and Hong Kong footballer, who currently plays for South China in Hong Kong. He was born

Is a Chinese and Hong Kong footballer, who currently plays for South China in Hong Kong. He was born in Dalian but represents Hong Kong in international competition. He wears number 8 for China U-19, Citizen, Hong Kong and Hong Kong U-23. Because of this, Hong Kong football fans commonly use Xu 8 as a nickname for him. Xu Deshuai was called up by the China national under-19 football team between 11 April and 15 April in 2006 for a four-nation mini-tournament 24th Torneio International do Porto in Portugal. He scored a goal in the match against Portugal.

Was a native Fujian Province.After obtaining a BA degree from the Yenching University, he continued

Was a native Fujian Province.After obtaining a BA degree from the Yenching University, he continued his studies at Columbia University and Oxford University. He is remembered as an educationalist and professor at Yenching University, Peking University and Tsinghua University. His association with Hong Kong began in 1936 when he was appointed by Hong Kong University to be dean of the department of Chinese literature. Soon after the appointment, he applied himself to reformation of th education system.

Is a female Chinese rower, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Is a female Chinese rower, who will compete for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Was a Chinese scholar and translator. He translated 50 of the Upanishads into classical Chinese. He

Was a Chinese scholar and translator. He translated 50 of the Upanishads into classical Chinese. He also translated Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra, Kalidasa's lyric poem Meghaduuta (Cloud Messenger), and several of Sri Aurobindo's works into Chinese. He was familiar with Greek, Latin, English, French, as well as Sanskrit and German. A 16-volume of his complete works was published in 2006.

Is the current chairman and the coach of the Shanghai Dongya football club. In 2001, Xu Genbao found

Is the current chairman and the coach of the Shanghai Dongya football club. In 2001, Xu Genbao found a football school in the Xu Genbao Football Base. He found Shanghai Dongya in 2005.

Was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).Xu was born in Xin'an in the An

Was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).Xu was born in Xin'an in the Anhui province, and later lived in Guangling in the Jiangsu province[1] . His style name was 'Xugu' and his sobriquet was 'Ziyang Shanren'. Xu was an army official, and then later a monk. When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style. In poetry he produced the work Poetry of Xugu monk.