A more general binomial theorem and the so-called " Pascal's triangle " were known in the 10th-century A. D. to Indian mathematician Halayudha and Persian mathematician Al-Karaji, in the 11th century to Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam, and in the 13th century to Chinese mathematician Yang Hui, who all derived similar results .< ref > Al-Karaji also provided a mathematical proof of both the binomial theorem and Pascal's triangle, using mathematical induction.

Pei's tunnel through a mountain leading to the Miho Museum was partly inspired by a story from fourth-century Chinese poet Tao Yuanming.

* 1897 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet ( d. 1931 )

The Chinese poet Wu Li wrote a poem, which included a line about the Portuguese in Macau being supplied with fish by the Tanka.

* Mu Dan, 20th century Chinese poet and translator

* 1140 – Xin Qiji, Chinese poet, military leader, and statesman ( d. 1207 )

* 1931 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet ( b. 1897 )

* Shih-Te, a Zen Chinese poet ( literal translation: " Pick-Up " meaning " Foundling ")

Zhang Heng (; AD 78 – 139 ) was a Chinese astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer, cartographer, artist, poet, statesman, and literary scholar from Nanyang, Henan.

* Kong Shangren, Chinese dramatist, poet

* Wang Yun, Chinese playwright, poet

* Yuan Mei, Chinese painter, poet, essayist

* Gai Qi, Chinese painter, poet

* Liang Desheng, Chinese poet and writer

* Yuan Mei, Chinese poet, scholar and artist

* Shao Yong, Chinese poet, historian, and philosopher

* 1098: the Dongpo Academy of Hainan, China is built in honor of the Song Dynasty Chinese official and poet Su Shi, who was exiled there for criticizing reforms of the New Policies Group.

* Cai Xiang, Chinese poet, scholar, calligrapher, structural engineer, and official

* Lady Li Qingzhao, revered Chinese poet and writer

* Mei Yaochen, Chinese poet and official

* Mi Fu, Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher

* Ouyang Xiu, Chinese statesman, historian, archaeological epigapher, essayist, and poet

* Shao Yong, Chinese historian, poet, and philosopher

* Su Shi, famous Chinese poet, calligrapher, painter, travel writer, pharmacologist, and statesman

* Zeng Gong, Chinese historian, travel writer, and poet

* 1981 – Zhang Yaokun, Chinese footballer

An American-Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-production, the film was directed by Ang Lee and featured an international cast of ethnic Chinese actors, including Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, and Chang Chen.

* 1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress

* 1988 – Zhang Jike, Chinese table tennis player

As the Chinese Ambassador to the FSM Zhang Weidong observed on the 20th anniversary of relations between the two countries, trade between China and the FSM had gone from " almost zero to $ 9. 5 million in 2007.

The model of an egg was often used by Chinese astronomers like Zhang Heng ( 78-139 AD ) to describe the heavens as spherical:

Image: Spring Outing of the Tang Court. jpg | Spring Outing of the Tang Court, by Zhang Xuan, 8th century, Chinese

Image: Meister nach Chang Hsüan 001. jpg | Ladies making silk, a remake of an 8th-century original by Zhang Xuan by Emperor Huizong of Song, early 12th century, Chinese

Robert Temple quotes an account from Zhang Yan's Zhongdou xinshu ( 種痘新書 ), or New book on smallpox inoculation, written in 1741 during the Qing Dynasty ( 1644 – 1912 ), which shows how the Chinese process had become refined up until that point:

Early reference to the Chinese export of ivory is recorded after the Chinese explorer Zhang Qian ventured to the west to form alliances to enable for the eventual free movement of Chinese goods to the west ; as early as the first century BC, ivory was moved along the Northern Silk Road for consumption by western nations.

* 1901 – Zhang Xueliang, Chinese warlord ( d. 2001 )

* 1984 – Zhang Hao, Chinese figure skater

* 1987 – Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer

General Zhang shrewdly blocked the Communists of Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh from entering the league, as his main goal was Chinese influence in Indo China.

* 1991 – Zhang Yixing, Chinese / Korean singer

* 1978 – Zhang Zhong, Chinese chess player

* 1948 – Zhang Chengzhi, Chinese author

Vega is mentioned in a Chinese legend about Zhang Qian, though some argue that the historical person is not the subject of the legend ; he just shared a name.

A 2nd-century Lacquerware | lacquer-painted scene on a basket box showing famous figures from Chinese history who were paragons of filial piety ; Zhang Heng became well-versed at an early age in the Five Classics | Chinese classics and the philosophy of China's earlier sages.

In addition to recording heavenly observations and portents, preparing the calendar, and reporting which days were auspicious or not, Zhang was also in charge of an advanced literacy test for all candidates of the Imperial Secretariat and Censorate ( who were expected to know at least 9, 000 Chinese characters and all major writing styles ).

As Chief Astronomer, Zhang Heng earned a fixed salary and rank of 600 bushels of grain ( which was mostly commuted to payments in Chinese coins | coinage currency or bolts of silk ), and so he would have worn a specified type of robe, ridden in a specified type of carriage, and held a unique emblem that marked his status in the official hierarchy.