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Gidō Shūshin (義堂 周信); 1325–1388), Japanese luminary of the Zen Rinzai sect, was a master of poetry and prose in Chinese (Literature of the Five Mountains)...

The Dijing Jingwulue (Chinese: 帝京景物略) is a 17th-century Chinese prose classic written by Liu Tong, an official with a Jinshi degree and member of the Jingling...

Lu Zhi (simplified Chinese: 卢挚; traditional Chinese: 盧摯; Wade–Giles: Lu Chih, ca. 1243—1315) was Chinese writer of the Yuan dynasty. His courtesy name...

Shang Ting 商挺 (1209–1288), also known as Shang Mengqing 商孟卿 and in old age as “The Old Man of Zuo Mountain” 左 山老人. was a Yuan 元 period writer of Chinese...

Yao Sui 姚燧 (1238–1313), writer of Chinese Sanqu poetry and official, was the nephew of the noted official Yao Shu 姚樞 (1203–1280) and uncle of the dramatist...

Zha Shibiao or Cha Shih-piao (Chinese: 查士标; 1615–1698) was a Chinese calligrapher and landscape painter from Anhui. He was affiliated with the Anhui School...

The Hana Haru Festival Japanese: Hana Haru Festa (はな・はる・フェスタ) is a large-scale event held each year in April in the Aibahama Park in Shinmachi Riverside...

Dr Chen Su Lan (Chinese: 陳樹南; pinyin: Chén Shùnán; 13 February 1885 – 5 May 1972) was a Singaporean doctor, and one of the first locals to graduate from...