Xi'an in the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 5 people and 17 moments here, from 629 to 1413. The most recorded lives are Du Fu, Xuanzang and Li Bai.

Du Fu
from 735 to 758
6 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 742 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…
Wu Zetian
from 649 to 663
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 629 to 658
6 moments here
Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and pilgrim whose overland journey from Tang China through Central Asia to India…
Zheng He
in 1413
1 moment here
Zheng He (born Ma He) was a Ming Chinese admiral and diplomat who commanded seven state-sponsored voyages across the South China Sea and Indian…