The surname Wang is a common surname in our country, and is also divided into the Langya Wang family and the Taiyuan Wang family. There are many celebrities in the history of our country, perhaps they are powerful generals, or they may be great writers who have created many works that have been passed down to later generations.
So, in this issue of Celebrities with Last Names, let’s take a look at celebrities with royal surnames in history.
Wang Zhaojun (mid-1st century BC), envoy to Han Dynasty, one of the four beauties in Chinese history.
Wang Mang (45 BC 23 AD): The founder of the new dynasty, reigned in 823 AD.
Wang Chong (AD 27-96) was a philosopher of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Wang Fu (ca. 85162): Thinker of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Wang Xizhi (321-379, 303-361 in one work): a native of Linyi, Shandong Province, a great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His son Wang Xianzhi is also a famous calligrapher.
Wang Meng (AD 325375): Fu Jian’s prime minister during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
Wang Bo (AD 649676): a poet of the Tang Dynasty, the first of the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty.
Wang Zhihuan (AD 688742): a poet of the Tang Dynasty, whose "Climbing the Stork Tower" has been passed down for a long time.
Wang Wei (701761 AD): poet and painter of the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Xianzhi (AD? 878): Leader of the peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty.
Wang Xiaobo (AD? About 995): Leader of the peasant uprising in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Wang Anshi (1021-1086 AD): Northern Song Dynasty politician, thinker, writer, and Prime Minister of Song Shenzong.
Wang Chongyang (1113-1170 AD): Golden Taoist, the founder of Quanzhen Taoism.
Wang Shifu: Yuan opera writer.
Wang Yangming (1472-1528 AD): named Shouren, courtesy name Bo'an, a philosopher and educator in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shizhen (1634-1711 AD): a great poet in the early Qing Dynasty.
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692 AD): a thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Modern times
Wang Ming, Chinese politician
Wang Shizhen, Beiyang warlord
Wang Zhen, Chinese politician Home
Wang Guowei, a famous scholar in modern China, an outstanding scientist of ancient characters, ancient artifacts, ancient history and geography, a poet, a literary theorist, a philosopher, and a master of Chinese studies.
Modern
Wang An, American entrepreneur
Wang Xiaobo, Chinese writer
Wang Sadaharu, former Yomiuri Giants hitter of Japan Professional Baseball, Current supervisor of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Wang Jianmin, pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball