Chinese warrior and emperor names

qín秦shǐ始huáng皇

Qin Shi Huang (259-210 BC), first emperor of China

liú刘bāng邦

Liu Bang (256-195 BC), founder of the Han dynasty

hàn汉wǔ武dì帝

Emperor Wu of Han (156-87 BC)

táng唐tài太zōng宗

Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin, 599-649)

wǔ武zé则tiān天

Wu Zetian (624-705, the only empress regnant of China)

táng唐xuán玄zōng宗

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685-762)

zhào赵kuāng匡yìn胤

Zhao Kuangyin (927-976), founder of the Song dynasty

chéng成jí吉sī思hán汗

Genghis Khan

hū忽bì必liè烈

Kublai Khan (founder of the Yuan dynasty)

zhū朱yuán元zhāng璋

Zhu Yuanzhang (1328-1398), founding emperor of the Ming dynasty

kāng康xī熙

Kangxi Emperor (reigned 1661-1722) of the Qing dynasty

qián乾lóng隆

Qianlong (Qing emperor, reigned 1735-1796)

cí慈xǐ禧

Cixi (1835-1908), Empress Dowager of the late Qing

pǔ溥yí仪

Puyi (1906-1967, last Qing emperor)

jiāng姜zǐ子yá牙

Jiang Ziya (strategist of the early Zhou dynasty)

sūn孙wǔ武

Sun Wu (Sun Tzu, author of The Art of War)

bái白qǐ起

Bai Qi (Qin general, died 257 BC)

xiàng项yǔ羽

Xiang Yu (232-202 BC, warlord who fought Liu Bang)

hán韩xìn信

Han Xin (died 196 BC, general of the founding Han emperor)

lǐ李guǎng广

Li Guang (died 119 BC), Han dynasty general

huò霍qù去bìng病

Huo Qubing (Western Han general, 140-117 BC)

yuè岳fēi飞

Yue Fei (1103-1142, Song dynasty general)

qī戚jì继guāng光

Qi Jiguang (1528-1588, Ming general who fought Japanese pirates)

zhèng郑chéng成gōng功

Koxinga (Ming loyalist who took Taiwan from the Dutch)

huā花mù木lán兰

Hua Mulan (legendary heroine)

mù穆guì桂yīng英

Mu Guiying (legendary woman general of the Song dynasty)

liáng梁hóng红yù玉

Liang Hongyu (Southern Song woman general)

qín秦liáng良yù玉

Qin Liangyu (1574-1648), Ming dynasty woman general

cáo曹cāo操

Cao Cao (155-220), warlord of the late Han and founder of Wei

liú刘bèi备

Liu Bei (161-223, founder of the Shu Han kingdom)

sūn孙quán权

Sun Quan (founder of the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period)

zhū诸gě葛liàng亮

Zhuge Liang (181-234), strategist of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period

guān关yǔ羽

Guan Yu (d. 220), general of Shu Han

zhāng张fēi飞

Zhang Fei (general of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms)

zhào赵yún云

Zhao Yun (general of Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms)

lǚ吕bù布

Lu Bu (died 198, warrior of the late Han dynasty)

zhōu周yú瑜

Zhou Yu (175-210, general of Eastern Wu)

sī司mǎ马yì懿

Sima Yi (179-251), Wei strategist of the Three Kingdoms

mǎ马chāo超

Ma Chao (176-222), Three Kingdoms general

huáng黄zhōng忠

Huang Zhong (Three Kingdoms general)

diǎn典wéi韦

Dian Wei (died 197 AD), bodyguard of Cao Cao

huáng黄fēi飞hóng鸿

Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925, Cantonese martial artist and folk hero)

huò霍yuán元jiǎ甲

Huo Yuanjia (Chinese martial artist, 1868-1910)

yè叶wèn问

Ip Man (martial arts master)

lǐ李xiǎo小lóng龙

Bruce Lee (1940-1973)

fāng方shì世yù玉

Fang Shiyu (legendary martial arts hero)

wǔ武sōng松

Wu Song (hero of the novel Water Margin)

lín林chōng冲

Lin Chong (hero of the novel Water Margin)

lǔ鲁zhì智shēn深

Lu Zhishen (monk hero in Water Margin)

sòng宋jiāng江

Song Jiang (leader of the outlaws in Water Margin)

guō郭jìng靖

Guo Jing (hero of Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes)

huáng黄róng蓉

Huang Rong (heroine of Jin Yong's The Legend of the Condor Heroes)

yáng杨guò过

Yang Guo (hero of Jin Yong's novel The Return of the Condor Heroes)

xiǎo小lóng龙nǚ女

Xiaolongnü (heroine of The Return of the Condor Heroes)

lìng令hú狐chōng冲

Linghu Chong (hero of the martial arts novel The Smiling, Proud Wanderer)

zhāng张wú无jì忌

Zhang Wuji (hero of Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber)

wéi韦xiǎo小bǎo宝

Wei Xiaobao (protagonist of Jin Yong's novel The Deer and the Cauldron)

xiá侠

knight-errant; chivalrous person

xiá侠kè客

knight-errant; chivalrous swordsman

jiàn剑kè客

swordsman

wǔ武xiá侠

martial arts chivalry (genre, as in wuxia novels)

jiāng将jūn军

general (military rank)

huáng皇dì帝

emperor