Historical figures in Luoyang
The atlas holds 6 people and 14 moments here, from 110 BC to 758. The most recorded lives are Du Fu, Xuanzang and Cao Cao. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Historians, across the Middle Ages and the Ancient World.
Notable people
Cao Cao
from 196 to 220
3 moments here
Cao Cao (c. 155–15 March 220) was a late Eastern Han statesman, military leader, and poet. He built a power base in central and northern China,…
Du Fu
from 712 to 758
3 moments here
Tang-dynasty Chinese poet and minor official. His documented movements span the capital region, the northwest frontier, Sichuan, the Yangtze…
Li Bai
from 730 to 744
2 moments here
Li Bai (701–762), also known as Li Bo or Li Po, was a major Tang-dynasty Chinese poet. His surviving biography documents a childhood relocation to…
Sima Qian
in 110 BC
1 moment here
Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty and author of the Shiji (Records of the Grand Historian).…
Wu Zetian
in 705
2 moments here
Chronology of documented physical presences of Wu Zetian (Wu Zhao), Tang empress consort, regent, and sovereign of the Wu Zhou.…
Xuanzang
from 602 to 645
3 moments here
Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and pilgrim whose overland journey from Tang China through Central Asia to India…
Moments
- 110 BC Journey to Luoyang to join Emperor Wu Sima Qian
- 196 Receiving Emperor Xian at Luoyang Cao Cao
- 219 Arrival in Luoyang after Hanzhong campaign Cao Cao
- 220 Death at Luoyang Cao Cao
- 602 Birth near Luoyang Xuanzang
- 611 Study at Jingtu Monastery Xuanzang
- 645 Audience with Emperor Taizong Xuanzang
- 705 Transfer to Shangyang Palace after the coup Wu Zetian
- 705 Death at Luoyang Wu Zetian
- 712 Birth near Luoyang Du Fu
- 730 Stop at Luoyang Li Bai
- 740 Domestic residence Du Fu
- 744 Meeting Du Fu at Luoyang Li Bai
- 758 Official business in Luoyang Du Fu