Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), first Han emperor, reigned 207-195 BC
汉文帝刘恒漢文帝劉恆han4 wen2 di4 liu2 heng2
Liu Heng (202-157 BC), the fourth Han emperor Han Wendi, reigned 180-157 BC
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Liu An (179-122 BC), King of Huainan under the Western Han, ordered the writing of the 淮南子
刘邦劉邦liu2 bang1
Liu Bang (256 or 247-195 BC), bandit leader who became first Han emperor Han Gaozu 漢高祖|汉高祖 (reigned 202-195 BC)
刘备劉備liu2 bei4
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
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Liu Biao (142-208), warlord
刘宾雁劉賓雁liu2 bin1 yan4
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
刘伯温劉伯溫liu2 bo2 wen1
Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius; also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基
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Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
刘慈欣劉慈欣liu2 ci2 xin1
Liu Cixin (1963-), Chinese science fiction writer
刘德华劉德華liu2 de2 hua2
Andy Lau (1961-), Hong Kong Cantopop singer and actor
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Liu E (1857-1909), late Qing novelist, author of 老殘遊記|老残游记
刘公岛劉公島liu2 gong1 dao3
Liugong island in the Yellow sea
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Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898
刘贵今劉貴今liu2 gui4 jin1
Liu Guijin (1945-), PRC diplomat, special representative to Africa from 2007, Chinese specialist on Sudan and the Darfur issue
刘海劉海liu2 hai3
bangs or fringes of hair
刘恒劉恆liu2 heng2
Liu Heng, personal name of Han emperor Han Wendi 漢文帝|汉文帝; Liu Heng (1954-), Chinese writer
刘厚总劉厚總liu2 hou4 zong3
Liu Houzong (1904-1949), originally Hunan guerilla leader, rewarded by Chiang Kaishek for killing Xiang Ying 項英|项英 during the 1941 New Fourth Army incident 皖南事变
刘基劉基liu2 ji1
Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温 (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, with a reputation as a military genius
刘家村劉家村liu2 jia1 cun1
Liujia village in Zhangdian district 张店区 of Zhibo city 淄博市, Shandong
刘家辉劉家輝liu2 jia1 hui1
Gordon Liu (1955-), Hong Kong action actor
刘家夼劉家夼liu2 jia1 kuang3
Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
刘家夼镇劉家夼鎮liu2 jia1 kuang3 zhen4
Liujiakuang township in Muping district 牟平區|牟平区, Yantai, Shandong
刘剑峰劉劍峰liu2 jian4 feng1
Liu Jianfeng (1936-), second governor of Hainan
刘金宝劉金寶liu2 jin1 bao3
Liu Jinbao
刘涓子劉涓子liu2 juan1 zi3
Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions
刘涓子鬼遗方劉涓子鬼遺方liu2 juan1 zi3 gui3 yi2 fang1
Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼
刘姥姥进大观园劉姥姥進大觀園liu2 lao3 lao5 jin4 da4 guan1 yuan2
Granny Liu visits the Grand View gardens; (of a simple person) to be overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings
刘青云劉青雲liu2 qing1 yun2
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
刘少奇劉少奇liu2 shao4 qi2
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969), Chinese communist leader, a martyr of the Cultural Revolution
刘师培劉師培liu2 shi1 pei2
Liu Shipei (1884-1919), Chinese anarchist and revolutionary activist
刘奭劉奭liu2 shi4
Liu Shi, personal name of Han Emperor Yuandi 漢元帝|汉元帝
刘松龄劉松齡liu2 song1 ling2
Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein (1703-1774), Slovenian Jesuit missionary, astronomer and mathematician, spent 35 years at Emperor Qianlong's court
刘宋劉宋liu2 song4
Song of the Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
刘宋时代劉宋時代liu2 song4 shi2 dai4
Song of the Southern dynasties (420-479), with capital at Nanjing
刘天华劉天華liu2 tian1 hua2
Liu T'ien-hua
刘熙劉熙liu2 xi1
Liu Xi (late Han, c. 200 AD), possibly the author of 釋名|释名
刘翔劉翔liu2 xiang2
Liu Xiang (1983-), Chinese gold-medal hurdler of the 2004 Olympic Games
刘向劉向liu2 xiang4
Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
刘晓波劉曉波liu2 xiao3 bo1
Liu Xiaobo (1955-), Beijing writer and human rights activist, organizer of petition Charter 2008 零八憲章|零八宪章, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2010
刘心武劉心武liu2 xin1 wu3
Liu Xinwu (1942-), novelist
刘昫劉昫liu2 xu4
Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉|后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書|旧唐书
刘洋劉洋liu2 yang2
Liu Yang (1978-), China's first female astronaut in space (June 16, 2012)
刘毅劉毅liu2 yi4
Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋 (265-316); Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋 (317-420)
刘义庆劉義慶liu2 yi4 qing4
Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语
刘禹锡劉禹錫liu2 yu3 xi1
Liu Yuxi (772-842), Tang poet
刘裕劉裕liu2 yu4
Liu Yu, founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned as Emperor Wu of Song 宋武帝
刘渊劉淵liu2 yuan1
Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋, founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成漢|成汉 (304-347)
刘云山劉雲山liu2 yun2 shan1
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC career politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, from 2002 head of party Central Propaganda Section 中央宣传部
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Liu Yu, founder of Southern dynasty Song 劉宋|刘宋, broke away from Eastern Jin in 420