There were many great encyclopedists throughout Chinese history, including the scientist and statesman Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) with his Dream Pool Essays of 1088, the statesman, inventor, and agronomist Wang Zhen ( active 1290 – 1333 ) with his Nong Shu of 1313, and the written Tiangong Kaiwu of Song Yingxing ( 1587 – 1666 ), the latter of whom was termed the " Diderot of China " by British historian Joseph Needham.

* Although pioneered earlier in Korea and by the Chinese official Wang Zhen ( with tin ), bronze metal movable type printing is created in China by Hua Sui in 1490.

* Wooden movable type printing invented by the Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen in 1298.

* Wang Zhen, Chinese agronomist, government official, and inventor of wooden-based movable type printing, publishes the Nong Shu ( Book of Agriculture ).

* The Chinese scholar and printer Hua Sui invents bronze-metal movable type printing in China, although the earlier Wang Zhen had experimented with tin movable type in 1298 and the Koreans had separately innovated bronze movable type.

* The Zhihua Si Buddhist Temple ( 智化寺 ) is built in Beijing, China at the order of Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

* The Chinese governmental minister Wang Zhen ( official ) invents wooden movable type printing ( Bi Sheng invented ceramic movable type in the 11th century ).

In 1298, Wang Zhen, a governmental official of Jingde, Anhui province, China, re-invented a method of making movable wooden types.

In the 1298 book Zao Huozi Yinshufa ( 造活字印书法 / 造活字印書法 ) of the Chinese official Wang Zhen, there is mention of tin movable type, but this was largely experimental.

Wang Zhen, a government official, later improved the system by instead creating types out of more durable wood.

Liu Mengzhi died and in order to secure his power, Liu Yu left for Jiankang ( present-day Nanjing ), abandoning the management of the North to his general Wang Zhen ' e.

The eunuch official Wang Zhen, who dominated the Ming court, encouraged the 22-year-old Zhengtong Emperor to lead his own armies into battle against Esen.

The Ming army of about 500, 000 was hastily assembled ; its command was made up of 20 experienced generals and a large entourage of high-ranking civil officials, with Wang Zhen acting as field marshal.

At Juyong Pass the civil officials and generals wanted to halt and send the emperor back to Beijing, but their opinions were overruled by Wang Zhen.

When it reached Datong on August 18, reports from garrison commanders persuaded Wang Zhen that a campaign into the steppe would be too dangerous.

Fearing that the restless soldiers would cause damage to his estates in Yuzhou, Wang Zhen decided to strike northeast and return by the same exposed route as they had come.

Wang Zhen refused his ministers ' suggestion to have the emperor take refuge in the walled city of Huailai, just 45 km ahead.

Wang Zhen rejected any offers to negotiate and ordered the confused army to move toward the river.

According to some accounts, Wang Zhen was killed by his own officers.

Other well-known painters are: Wang Zhen, XuGu, Zhang Xiong, Hu Yuan, and Yang Borun.

* Wang Zhen: first Ming eunuch with much power, see Tumu Crisis

* Zhou Zhen Ding Wang becomes the twenty-eighth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

In the Hundred Flowers Campaign, the example of Chen in collaborating with Wang Jingwei's Wuhan government, leading to the ostracism of his peers and the failure of Communist policies at the time, was used by Peng Zhen as a warning never to " forgive " anti-Maoists.

Before the opening of the 14th National Congress of the CPC in 1992, the Party's senior leaders, including Deng and Chen Yun, were to select candidates for the Politburo Standing Committee to ensure a smooth transition of power from the so-called second-generation leaders ( Deng, Chen, Li Xiannian, Wang Zhen, etc.

Other great encyclopedic writers include the polymath scientist Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ) and his Dream Pool Essays, the agronomist and inventor Wang Zhen ( fl.

When Ping died in 6 CE, the Empress Dowager appointed Wang Mang to act as emperor for the child Liu Ying ( d. 25 CE ).

All members of the Gang of Four have since died ; Jiang Qing committed suicide in 1991, Wang Hongwen died in 1992, and Zhang Chunqiao and Yao Wenyuan died in 2005.

Fanned by gossip from his daughter Sun Dahu ( 孫大虎 ), Sun Quan blamed the princes ' mother Consort Wang for this — and she died in fear.

Zhou Enlai died on 8 January 1976, at a time when Deng Xiaoping's moderate alliance was not yet strong enough to stand up to both the ailing Mao Zedong and his Cultural Revolution allies, the Gang of Four ( Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, and Yao Wenyuan ).

Wang served as the head of state for this Japanese puppet government until he died, shortly before the end of World War II.

Wang Hongwen ( pinyin: Wáng Hóngwén ; Wade-Giles: Wang Hung-wen ; IPA: ; born 1935, died August 3, 1992 ) was the youngest member of the Gang of Four.

Wang Pi ( 王伾 ) ( died 805?

He, along with his ally Wang Shuwen, was powerful during Emperor Shunzong's brief reign in 805, but soon lost power and died in exile.

Soon, however, Wang Shuwen's mother died, and he was forced to leave governmental service to observe a mourning period.

It was said that Wang Pi soon died in exile, and it was implied that that was later in 805.

When An Wang died of cancer in 1990 he left behind an impressive technical and philanthropic legacy.

An Wang died in March 1990.

Also during his tenure, on 10 November 1944 Wang Jingwei died of pneumonia in a Japanese hospital in Nagoya, which effectively was the end of the Reorganized National Government of China in northern China.

** Wang Wei, Chinese poet ( died 1647 )

The Record of Heroes ( 英雄記 ) by Wang Can, however, claims that Sun Jian died in 193 and that he was crushed to death by boulders instead of killed by arrows while pursuing the enemy commander Lü Gong.

Wang was born into a distinguished family, but his father died when he was young and he held only minor posts until being made a marquess in 16 BC.

In 8 BC Wang was appointed regent for Emperor Cheng, but Emperor Cheng died in 7 or 6 BC and was succeeded by Emperor Ai, who was not related to the Empress Dowager.

However, in 1 BC, Emperor Ai died and Empress Dowager Wang immediately had Wang Mang appointed regent for the new Emperor Ping.

When Emperor Ping died as a child in AD 6, Wang Mang chose ( to his own advantage ) an infant successor, the Emperor Ruzi, who had only been born in AD 5.

Wang Mang died in the battle.