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Three Empires

Adou 阿斗 see Liu Shan 劉禪
Bi Gui 畢軌 high official (Cao-Wei)
Bian Zhang 邊章 high official (late Eastern Han)
Bing Yuan 邴原 high official (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cang Ci 倉慈 high official (Cao-Wei)
Cao Cao 曹操 warlord (end of Eastern Han)
Cao Chun 曹純 military commander (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Fang 曹芳 ruler of the Cao-Wei (r. 239-254)
Cao Hong 曹洪 general (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Mao 曹髦 ruler of the Cao-Wei (r. 254-260 CE)
Cao Pi 曹丕 see Wei Wendi 魏文帝
Cao Ren 曹仁 general (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Shuang 曹爽 regent (Cao-Wei)
Cao Xi 曹羲 military official (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Xiong 曹熊 prince (Cao-Wei)
Cao Xiu 曹休 general (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Xun 曹訓 military offical (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Zhang 曹彰 general (Cao-Wei)
Cao Zhao 曹肇 military commander (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Zhen 曹真 general (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Cao Zhi 曹植 prince and poet (Cao-Wei)
Chang Lin 常林 high official (Cao-Wei)
Chen Deng 陳登 high official (late Eastern Han)
Chen Fan 陳蕃 high minister and member of the anti-eunuch faction (late Eastern Han)
Chen Jiao 陳矯 high official (Cao-Wei)
Chen Lin 陳琳 writer (Eastern Han)
Chen Qun 陳群 high official (Cao-Wei)
Chen Rong 陳容 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Chen Zhen 陳震 official (Shu-Han)
Cheng Pu 程普 general of Sun Quan (late Eastern Han)
Cheng Yu 程昱 high official (Cao-Wei)
Cui Lin 崔林 high official (Cao-Wei)
Deng Ai 鄧艾 high official, general (Cao-Wei)
Deng Yang 鄧颺 high official (Cao-Wei)
Dian Wei 典韋 high official (Cao-Wei)
Diao Chan 貂蟬 beauty with whose help the warlord Dong Zhuo was ruined (late Eastern Han)
Ding Mi 丁謐 high official (Cao-Wei)
Dong He 董和 official (Shu-Han)
Dong Yun 董允 official (Shu-Han)
Dong Zhao 董昭 high official (Cao-Wei)
Dong Zhuo 董卓 warlord (late Eastern Han)
Dou Wu 竇武 high minister (late Eastern Han)
Du Ji 杜畿 high official (Cao-Wei)
Du Kui 杜夔 music master (late Eastern Han)
Du Xi 杜襲 high official (Cao-Wei)
Empress Dowager Dou 竇太后 consort of Emperor Zhang and regent for Emperor He (late Eastern Han)
Empress Dowager Liang 梁太后 consort of Emperor Shun and regent for the emperors Chong, Zhi and Huan (late Eastern Han)
Fa Zheng 法正 military commander of Liu Bei (late Eastern Han)
Fan Chou 樊稠 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Fei Yi 費禕 Counsellor-in-chief (Shu-Han)
Fu Gu 傅嘏 thinker (Cao-Wei)
Fu Qian 服虔 Confucian scholar (late Eastern Han)
Gao Rou 高柔 high official (Cao-Wei)
Gaotang Long 高堂隆 high official (Cao-Wei)
Ge Xuan 葛玄 Daoist master (Sanguo)
Gongsun Du 公孫度 governor and warlord (late Eastern Han)
Gongsun Gong 公孫恭 governor and warlord (Cao-Wei)
Gongsun Kang 公孫康 minister (Cao-Wei)
Gongsun Yuan 公孫淵 minister (Cao-Wei)
Gongsun Zan 公孫瓚 warlord (late Eastern Han)
Guan Gong 關公 see Guan Yu 關羽
Guan Ning 管寧 scholar (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Guan Lu 管輅 diviner (Three Kingdoms)
Guan Yu 關羽 general (late Eastern Han/Sanguo-Shu)
Guanqiu Jian 毌丘儉 general (Cao-Wei)
Guo Huai 郭淮 military commander (Cao-Wei)
Guo Jia 郭嘉 political advisor (late Eastern Han)
Guo Si 郭汜 military commander(late Eastern Han)
Guo Yuan 國淵 minister (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Han Hao 韓浩 high official (Cao-Wei)
Han Ji 韓暨 high official (Cao-Wei)
Han Lingdi 漢靈帝 Liu Hong 劉宏 ruler of the Eastern Han (r. 167-188)
Han Sui 韓遂 regional commander (late Eastern Han)
Han Xiandi 漢獻帝 Liu Xie 劉協 last ruler of the Eastern Han (r. 189-220 CE)
He Jin 何進 high minister (late Eastern Han)
He Qia 和洽 high official (Cao-Wei)
He Xiu 何休 Confucian scholar (late Eastern Han)
He Yan 何晏 philosopher (Cao-Wei)
Hou Lan 侯覽 eunuch (Eastern Han)
Hu Zhao 胡昭 scholar (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Hu Zhi 胡質 military commander (Cao-Wei)
Hua Tuo 華佗 physician (Eastern Han)
Hua Xin 華歆 high official (Cao-Wei)
Huan Fan 桓範 high official (Cao-Wei)
Huan Jie 桓階 high official (Cao-Wei)
Huang Zhong 黃忠 general of Shu-Han (Sanguo)
Jia Kui 賈逵 high official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Jia Xu 賈詡 general (Cao-Wei)
Jian Yong 簡雍 official (Shu-Han)
Jian'an qizi 建安七子 group of writers (Eastern Han)
Jiang Ji 蔣濟 high official (Cao-Wei)
Jiang Wan 蔣琬 Counsellor-in-chief (Shu-Han)
Jiao Xian 焦先 hermit (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Kong Rong 孔融 writer (late Eastern Han)
Li Dian 李典 high official (Cao-Wei)
Li Feng 李豐 high official (Cao-Wei)
Li Jue 李傕 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Li Sheng 李勝 high official (Cao-Wei)
Li Tong 李通 official (Cao-Wei)
Li Yan 李嚴 military commander (Shu-Han)
Li Ying 李膺 high minister and member of the Late Han anti-eunuch faction
Liang Mao 涼茂 minister (late Eastern Han/Sanguo)
Liang Mao 涼茂 high official (Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Liang Xi 梁習 official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Liao Li 廖立 military commander (Shu-Han)
Liu Ba 劉巴 official (Shu-Han)
Liu Bei 劉備 founder of the Shu-Han (r. 221-222)
Liu Bian 劉辯 infant ruler of the Eastern Han (r. 189 CE)
Liu Biao 劉表 warlord of the end of the Eastern Han
Liu Chan see Liu Shan 劉禪
Liu Feng 劉封 military commander (Shu-Han)
Liu Fu 劉馥 high official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Liu Shan 劉禪 last ruler of the Shu-Han (r. 223-263 CE)
Liu Shao 劉劭 philosopher (Cao-Wei)
Liu Yan 劉焉 high official (late Eastern Han)
Liu Yan 劉琰 military commander (Shu-Han)
Liu Yi 劉廙 thinker (Cao-Wei)
Liu Yu 劉虞 high minister (late Eastern Han)
Liu Zhen 劉楨 writer (late Eastern Han)
Lu Su 魯肅 general of Sun Quan (late Eastern Han)
Lu Yu 盧毓 high official (Cao-Wei)
Lu Zhi 盧植 Confucian philosopher (late Eastern Han)
Lü Bu 呂布 warlord (late Eastern Han)
Lü Meng 呂蒙 general of Sun Quan (late Eastern Han)
Lü Qian 呂虔 high official (Cao-Wei)
Lü Qiang 呂強 eunuch (Eastern Han)
Lü Yi 呂乂 official (Shu-Han)
Ma Chao 馬超 regional commander (late Eastern Han)
Ma Liang 馬良 official (Shu-Han)
Man Chong 滿寵 military commander (Cao-Wei)
Mi Zhu 麋竺 official (Shu-Han)
Muqiu Jian 母丘儉 see Guanqiu Jian 毌丘儉
Pang De 龐悳 military official (Cao-Wei)
Pang Tong 龐統 military commander of Liu Bei (late Eastern Han)
Pang Yu 龐淯 high official (Cao-Wei)
Peng Yang 彭羕 military commander (Shu-Han)
Pei Qian 裴潛 high official (Cao-Wei)
Qian Zhao 牽招 high official (Cao-Wei)
Qin Mi 秦宓 official (Shu-Han)
Ren Jun 任峻 high official (late Eastern Han)
Ruan Yu 阮瑀 writer (Eastern Han)
San Cao 三曹 the Three Caos, writers, see also Cao Cao 曹操, Cao Pi 曹丕, Cao Zhi 曹植
Shan Chao 單超 eunuch (Eastern Han)
Shan Tao 山濤 writer (Cao-Wei)
Sima Lang 司馬朗 high official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Su Ze 蘇則 high official (Cao-Wei)
Sun Ce 孫策 warlord (late Eastern Han)
Sun Cheng 孫程 eunuch (Eastern Han)
Sun Hao 孫皓 ruler of the Wu (r. 264-280)
Sun Jian 孫堅 warlord (late Eastern Han)
Sun Li 孫禮 high official (Cao-Wei)
Sun Liang 孫亮 ruler of the Wu (r. 252-258 CE)
Sun Qian 孫乾 official (Shu-Han)
Sun Quan 孫權 founder of the Wu (r. 222-252)
Tao Qian 陶謙 high local official (late Eastern Han)
Tian Chou 田疇 advisor (late Eastern Han)
Tian Yu 田豫 military commander (Cao-Wei)
Wang Bi 王弼 Confucian scholar (Cao-Wei)
Wang Can 王粲 writer and thinker (Cao-Wei)
Wang Chang 王昶 high official (Cao-Wei)
Wang Guan 王觀 high official (Cao-Wei)
Wang Ji 王基 military commander (Cao-Wei)
Wang Lie 王烈 high official (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Wang Ling 王淩 high official, general (Cao-Wei)
Wang Su 王肅 philosopher (Cao-Wei)
Wang You 王脩 high official (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Wang Yun 王允 high minister (late Eastern Han)
Wei Ji 衛覬 thinker (Cao-Wei)
Wei Mingdi 魏明帝 Cao Rui 曹叡 ruler of the Cao-Wei (r. 226-239 CE)
Wei Yan 魏延 military commander (Shu-Han)
Wei Zhen 衛臻 high official (Cao-Wei)
Wen Pin 文聘 high official (Cao-Wei)
Wei Wendi 魏文帝 Cao Pi 曹丕 founder of the Cao-Wei (r. 220-226)
Wei Wudi 魏武帝 see Cao Cao 曹操
Wei Yuandi 魏元帝 Cao Huan 曹奂 last ruler of the Cao-Wei (r. 260-265)
Wen Hui 溫恢 high official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Wen Qin 文欽 general (Cao-Wei/Wu)
Wu Dadi 吳大帝 see Sun Quan 孫權
Wu Jingdi 吳景帝 Sun Xiu 孫休 ruler of the Wu (258-264)
Wuqiu Jian 毋丘儉, see Guanqiu Jian 毌丘儉
Xiahou Dun 夏侯惇 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Xiahou Shang 夏侯尚 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Xiahou Xuan 夏侯玄 official and philospher (Cao-Wei)
Xiahou Yuan 夏侯淵 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Xin Pi 辛毗 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xu Chu 許褚 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xu Gan 徐幹 writer (late Eastern Han)
Xu Huang 徐晃 general (Cao-Wei)
Xu Jing 許靖 official (Shu-Han)
Xu Miao 徐邈 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xu Shen 許慎 philosopher and writer (late Eastern Han)
Xu Xuan 徐宣 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xun Han 荀甝 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xun Yi 荀霬 high official (Cao-Wei)
Xun You 荀攸 advisor (late Eastern Han)
Xun Yu 荀彧 political advisor (late Eastern Han)
Xun Yue 荀悅 historian and writer (late Eastern Han)
Xun Yun 荀惲 general (Cao-Wei)
Yan Wen 閻溫 high official (Cao-Wei)
Yang Jun 楊俊 high official (Cao-Wei)
Yang Fu 楊阜 high official (Cao-Wei)
Yang Yi 楊儀 military commander (Shu-Han)
Yi Ji 伊籍 official (Shu-Han)
Ying Shao 應劭 politician and writer (late eastern Han)
Ying Yang 應瑒 writer (late Eastern Han)
Yu Jin 于禁 general (Cao-Wei)
Yuan Huan 袁渙 high official (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Yuan Shang 袁尚 military commander of the late Eastern Han, son of Yuan Shao
Yuan Shao 袁紹 warlord at the end of the Eastern Han
Yuan Shu 袁術 warlord at the end of the Eastern Han
Yuan Tan 袁譚 military commander of the late Eastern Han, son of Yuan Shao
Yue Jin 樂進 general (Cao-Wei)
Zang Ba 臧霸 official (Cao-Wei)
Zang Hong 臧洪 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Cheng 張承 high official (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Zhang Daoling 張道陵 sectarian Daoist leader (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Fan 張範 high official (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Zhang Fei 張飛 general of Liu Bei (late Eastern Han)
Zhang He 張郃 general (Cao-Wei)
Zhang Ji 張既 official (late Eastern Han/Cao-Wei)
Zhang Jian 張臶 see Zhang Zun 張臶
Zhang Jiao 張角 sectarian Daoist leader (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Liao 張遼 general (Cao-Wei)
Zhang Ling 張陵 see Zhang Daoling 張道陵
Zhang Lu 張魯 sectarian Daoist leader (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Miao 張邈 high local official (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Qi 張緝 high official (Cao-Wei)
Zhang Rang 張讓 eunuch (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Xiu 張繡 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Yan 張燕 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Yang 張楊 military commander (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Zhao 張昭 political advisor of Sun Quan (late Eastern Han)
Zhang Zun 張臶 scholar and hermit (late Eastern Han/Three Kingdoms)
Zhao Yan 趙儼 high official (Cao-Wei)
Zhao Yun 趙雲 military commander (Shu-Han)
Zheng Hun 鄭渾 high official (Cao-Wei)
Zheng Xuan 鄭玄 Confucian scholar (late Eastern Han)
Zhong Hui 鍾會 high official and general (Cao-Wei)
Zhou Xuan 周宣 magician and dream interpreter (Three Empires)
Zhou Yu 周瑜 general of Sun Quan (late Eastern Han)
Zhu Jianping 朱建平 diviner (Later Han/Three Empires)
Zhuge Dan 諸葛誕 high official, general (Cao-Wei)
Zhuge Jin 諸葛瑾 general of Wu, Three Kingdoms
Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮 political advisor of Liu Bei

Jin

Dai Kui 戴逵 writer, philosopher, painter (Eastern Jin)
Dai Yuan 戴淵 high official (Eastern Jin)
Diao Xie 刁協 high official (Eastern Jin)
Du Yu 杜預 Confucian scholar (Western Jin)
Fu Liang 傅亮 high minister and writer (Liu-Song)
Fu Xian 傅咸 writer (Western Jin)
Fu Xuan 傅玄 philosopher (Western Jin)
Gan Bao 干寶 writer (Eastern Jin)
Ge Hong 葛洪 Daoist master (Eastern Jin)
Guo Pu 郭璞 philosopher (Eastern Jin)
Guo Xiang 郭象 philosopher (Western Jin)
Han Kangbo 韓康伯 philosopher (Eastern Jin)
He Wuji 何無忌 general (Eastern Jin)
Huan Wen 桓溫 high official (Eastern Jin)
Huan Xuan 桓玄 rebel (Eastern Jin)
Huangfu Mi 皇甫謐 philosopher and physician (Western Jin)
Ji Han 嵇含 writer and botanist (Western Jin)
Ji Kang 嵇康 thinker (Western Jin)
Jin Aidi 晉哀帝 Sima Pi 司馬丕 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 361-365)
Jin Andi 晉安帝 Sima Dezong 司馬德宗 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 396-418)
Jin Chengdi 晉成帝 Sima Yan 司馬衍 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 325-342)
Jin Feidi 晉廢帝 Sima Yi 司馬奕 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 365-370)
Jin Gongdi 晉恭帝 Sima Dewen 晉恭帝 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 418-420)
Jin Huaidi 晉懷帝 Sima Chi 司馬熾 ruler of the Western Jin (r. 306-312)
Jin Huidi 晉惠帝 Sima Zhong 司馬衷 ruler of the Western Jin (r. 290-306)
Jin Jianwendi 晉簡文帝 Sima Yu 司馬昱 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 371-372)
Jin Kangdi 晉康帝 Sima Yue 司馬岳 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 342-344)
Jin Mindi 晉愍帝 Sima Ye 司馬鄴 last ruler of the Western Jin (r. 313-316)
Jin Mingdi 晉明帝 Sima Shao 司馬紹 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 322-325)
Jin Mudi 晉穆帝 Sima Dan 司馬聃 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 344-361)
Jin Wudi 晉武帝 Sima Yan 司馬炎 founder of the Jin dynasty (r. 265-289)
Jin Xiaowudi 晉孝武帝 Sima Yao 司馬曜 ruler of the Eastern Jin (r. 372-396)
Jin Yuandi 晉元帝 Sima Rui 司馬睿 first ruler of the Eastern Jin dynasty (r. 317-322)
Liu Kun 劉琨 general and writer (late Western Jin)
Liu Laozhi 劉牢之 general (Eastern Jin)
Liu Ling 劉伶 thinker (Western Jin)
Liu Muzhi 劉穆之 high minister (Eastern Jin)
Liu Wei 劉隗 high official (Eastern Jin)
Liu Yi 劉毅 general (Eastern Jin)
Lu Xun 盧循 rebel (Eastern Jin)
Mei Ze 梅賾 Confucian scholar (Eastern Jin)
Ouyang Jian 歐陽建 philosopher (Western Jin)
Pei Wei 裴頠 philosopher (Western Jin)
Qiao Zong 譙縱 rebel (Eastern Jin)
Ruan Ji 阮籍 thinker (Western Jin)
Ruan Xian 阮咸 musician (Western Jin)
Shu Xi 束晳 philosopher (Western Jin)
Sima Biao 司馬彪 historian and philosopher (Western Jin)
Sima Chi 司馬熾 see Jin Huaidi 晉懷帝
Sima Dan 司馬聃 see Jin Mudi 晉穆帝
Sima Daozi 司馬道子 prince (Eastern Jin)
Sima Dewen 晉恭帝 see Jin Gongdi 晉恭帝
Sima Dezong 司馬德宗 see Jin Andi 晉安帝
Sima Pi 司馬丕 see Jin Aidi 晉哀帝
Sima Rui 司馬睿 see Jin Yuandi 晉元帝
Sima Shangzhi 司馬尚之 prince (Eastern Jin)
Sima Shao 司馬紹 see Jin Mingdi 晉明帝
Sima Shi 司馬師 general (Cao-Wei), ancestor of the Jin
Sima Xiuzhi 司馬休之 prince (Eastern Jin)
Sima Yan 司馬炎 see Jin Wudi 晉武帝
Sima Yan 司馬衍 see Jin Chengdi 晉成帝
Sima Yao 司馬曜 see Jin Xiaowudi 晉孝武帝
Sima Ye 司馬鄴 see Jin Mindi 晉愍帝
Sima Yi 司馬懿 regent (Cao-Wei), ancestor of the Jin
Sima Yi 司馬奕 see Deposed Emperor of Jin 晉廢帝
Sima Yu 司馬昱 see Jin Jianwendi 晉簡文帝
Sima Yuanxian 司馬元顯 prince (Eastern Jin)
Sima Yue 司馬岳 see Jin Kangdi 晉康帝
Sima Zhao 司馬昭 regent of the Cao-Wei
Sima Zhong 司馬衷 Jin Huidi 晉惠帝
Su Jun 蘇峻 general and rebel (Eastern Jin)
Sun En 孫恩 rebel (Eastern Jin)
Sun Chuo 孫綽 philosopher (Eastern Jin)
Wang Dao 王導 high official (Eastern Jin)
Wang Dun 王敦 high official and rebel (Eastern Jin)
Wang Gong 王恭 high minister (Eastern Jin)
Wang Guobao 王國寶 military and civilian official (Eastern Jin)
Wang Rong 王戎 thinker (Western Jin)
Wang Tanzhi 王坦之 high minister and thinker (Eastern Jin)
Wang Yan 王衍 high official and philosopher (Western Jin)
Wang Yu 王愉 high minister (Eastern Jin)
Wen Jiao 溫嶠 general and writer (Eastern Jin)
Xiang Xiu 向秀 thinker (Western Jin)
Xie An 謝安 general (Eastern Jin)
Xie Xuan 謝玄 general (Eastern Jin)
Yang Quanqi 楊佺期 general (Eastern Jin)
Yin Zhongkan 殷仲堪 general (Eastern Jin)
Yu Bing 庾冰 high official (Eastern Jin)
Yu Kuai 庾楷 high minister (Eastern Jin)
Yu Yi 庾翼 high official and general (Eastern Jin)
Zhang Miao 張邈 philosopher (Western Jin)
Zhang Zhan 張湛 philosopher (Eastern Jin)
Zhi Yu 摯虞 writer and politician (Western Jin)
Zhou Yi 周顗 high official (Eastern Jin)
Zu Ti 祖逖 general (early Eastern Jin)
Zu Yue 祖約 general and rebel (early Eastern Jin)

Southern Dynasties

Cheng Daoyang 程道養 rebel (Liu-Song)
Chu Cheng 褚澄 physician (Liu-Song)
Chu Yuan 褚淵 general (Liu-Song)
Chu Zhanzhi 褚湛之 high minister (Liu-Song)
Dai Faxing 戴法興 high official (Liu-Song)
Dao Yanzhi 到彥之 general (Liu-Song)
Fan Ye 范曄 general and historian (Liu-Song)
Fan Zhen 范縝 Confucian scholar (Southern Qi/Liang)
Hou Andu 侯安都 general (Liang)
Hou Jing 侯景 rebel (Liang)
Huang Kan 皇侃 Confucian scholar (Southern Dynasties)
Jiang Zhan 江湛 high official (Liu-Song)
Liang Jianwendi 梁簡文帝 Xiao Gang 蕭綱 ruler of the Liang (r. 549-550)
Liang Jingdi 梁敬帝 Xiao Fangzhi 蕭方智 ruler of the Liang (r. 555-557)
Liang Mingdi 梁明帝 Xiao Kui 蕭巋 ruler of the Later Liang (r. 562-585)
Liang Wudi 梁武帝 Xiao Yan 蕭衍 ruler of the Liang (r. 502-549)
Liang Xuandi 梁宣帝 Xiao Cha 蕭詧 ruler of the Later Liang (r. 555-562)
Liang Yuandi 梁元帝 Xiao Yi 蕭繹 ruler of the Liang (r. 552-554)
Liu Jun 劉峻 see Liu Xiaobiao 劉孝標
Liu Jun 劉駿 see Song Xiaowudi 宋孝武帝
Lei Cizong 雷次宗 scholar (Liu-Song)
Liu Shao 劉劭 counter-emperor (Liu-Song)
Liu Yifu 劉義符 see Song Shaodi 宋少帝
Liu Yilong 劉義隆 see Song Wendi 宋文帝
Liu Xiaobiao 劉孝標 writer and philosopher (Liang)
Liu Yiqing 劉義慶 writer (Liu-Song)
Liu Yixuan 劉義宣 prince (Liu-Song)
Liu Yu 劉彧 see Song Mingdi 宋明帝
Liu Yu 劉昱 see Song Houfeidi 宋後廢帝
Liu Yu 劉裕 see Song Wudi 宋武帝
Liu Yuanjing 柳元景 high minister of the Liu-Song (420-479)
Liu Zhongli 柳仲禮 high minister (Liang)
Liu Zhun 劉準 see Song Shundi 宋順帝
Liu Zixun 劉子勛 counter-emperor (Liu-Song)
Liu Ziye 劉子業 see Song Qianfeidi 宋前廢帝
Lu Shuang 魯爽 general (Liu-Song)
Qi Gaodi 齊高帝 Xiao Daocheng 蕭道成 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 479-482)
Qi Hedi 齊和帝 Xiao Baorong 蕭寶融 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 501-502)
Qi Mingdi 齊明帝 Xiao Luan 蕭鸞 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 494-498)
Qi Wudi 齊武帝 Xiao Ze 蕭賾 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 482-493)
Ren Fang 任昉 writer (Liang)
Shen Qingzhi 沈慶之 general (Liu-Song)
Song Houfeidi 宋後廢帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 472-476)
Song Mingdi 宋明帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 465-472)
Song Qianfeidi 宋前廢帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 464-465)
Song Shaodi 宋少帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 422-423)
Song Shundi 宋順帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 477-479)
Song Wendi 宋文帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 424-453)
Song Wudi 宋武帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 420-422)
Song Xiaowudi 宋孝武帝 ruler of the Liu-Song (r. 453-464)
Tan Daoji 檀道濟 general (Liu-Song)
Tang Yuzhi 唐寓之 rebel (Southern Qi)
Wang Jian 王儉 writer (Liu-Song and Southern Qi)
Wang Sengbian 王僧辯 general (Liang)
Wang Xuanmo 王玄謨 general (Liu-Song)
Wang Hong 王弘 high minister (Liu-Song)
Wu Mingche 吳明徹 military leader (Chen)
Xiao Baojuan 蕭寶卷, Marquis of Donghun 東昏侯 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 498-500)
Xiao Baorong 蕭寶融 see Qi Hedi 齊和帝
Xiao Cha 蕭詧 see Liang Xuandi 梁宣帝
Xiao Cong 蕭琮 ruler of the Later Liang (r. 585-587)
Xiao Daocheng 蕭道成 see Qi Gaodi 齊高帝
Xiao Dong 蕭棟, the Prince of Yuzhang 豫章王 ruler of the Liang (r. 551)
Xiao Fangzhi 蕭方智 see Liang Jingdi 梁敬帝
Xiao Gang 蕭綱 see Liang Jianwendi 梁簡文帝
Xiao Ji 蕭紀, the Prince of Wuling 武陵王 ruler of the Liang (r. 552)
Xiao Kui 蕭巋 see Liang Mingdi 梁明帝
Xiao Luan 蕭鸞 see Qi Mingdi 齊明帝
Xiao Sihua 蕭思話 general and calligrapher (Liu-Song)
Xiao Xian 蕭銑 throne pretender of the Liang
Xiao Yan 蕭衍 see Liang Wudi 梁武帝
Xiao Yi 蕭繹 see Liang Yuandi 梁元帝
Xiao Yuanming 蕭淵明, the Marquis of Zhenyang 貞陽侯 ruler of the Liang (r. 555)
Xiao Ze 蕭賾 see Qi Wudi 齊武帝
Xiao Zhaowen 蕭昭文, Prince of Hailing 海陵王 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 494)
Xiao Zhaoye 蕭昭業, Prince of Yulin 郁林王 ruler of the Southern Qi (r. 493-494)
Xiao Zhengde 蕭正德 ruler of the Liang (r. 548-549)
Xiao Zhuang 蕭莊, the Prince of Yongjia 永嘉王 ruler of the Liang (r. 557)
Xiao Ziliang 蕭子良 writer (Southern Qi)
Xie Hui 謝晦 high minister (Liu-Song)
Xu Xianzhi 徐羡之 high minister (Liu-Song)
Xu Zhanzhi 徐湛之 high official (Liu-Song)
Xue Andu 薛安都 general and traitor (Liu-Song)
Yan Shibo 顏師伯 high minister (Liu-Song)
Yang Kan 羊侃 general (Liang)
Yang Nandang 楊難當 ruler of Qiuchi (Liu-Song)
Yang Zhong 楊忠 general (Northern Zhou)
Yong Daoxi 雍道晞 rebel (Southern Qi)
Yuan Can 袁粲 high official (Liu-Song)
Yuan Faseng 元法僧 general (Liang)
Zang Zhi 臧質 general (Liu-Song)
Zhu Xiuzhi 朱修之 military leader of the Liu-Song (420-479)

Northern Dynasties

Hua Mulan 花木蘭 female hero (Northern Dynasties)
Mulan 木蘭 see Hua Mulan 花木蘭
Zhangsun Song 長孫嵩 high minister (Northern Wei)