Gore (name) / Al Gore (1948-), US vice-president 1993-2001 under Bill Clinton, subsequently environmental campaigner and Nobel Peace laureate
袁绍
Yuán Shào
Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord
张学良
Zhāng Xué liáng
Zhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the Nationalists and subsequently for the People's Liberation Army
袁世凯
Yuán Shì kǎi
Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), senior general of late Qing, subsequently warlord and self-proclaimed emperor of China
彭德怀
Péng Dé huái
Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution
吕不韦
Lu:3 Bù wéi
Lü / Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2]
司马懿
Sī mǎ Yì
Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
Eight Banners, military organization of Manchu later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[Hou4 Jin1] from c. 1600, subsequently of the Qing dynasty
汪精卫
Wāng Jīng wèi
Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
博古
Bó Gǔ
Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
狄仁杰
Dí Rén jié
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4]
傅作义
Fù Zuò yì
Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician
萧乾
Xiāo Qián
Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator
施明德
Shī Míng dé
Shih Ming-teh (1941-), Taiwanese politician, imprisoned 1962-1977 and 1980-1990 under the Guomindang, subsequently a leader of DPP 民進黨|民进党, in 2006 led protests against Chen Shui-Bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
安瓦尔
An1 wǎ ěr
Anwar (name) / Anwar bin Ibrahim (1947-), Malaysian politician, deputy prime minister 1993-1998, imprisoned 1999-2004 on charges including alleged homosexual acts, subsequently overturned
李连杰
Lǐ Lián jié
Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director
王敦
Wáng Dūn
Wang Dun (266-324), powerful general of Jin dynasty and brother of civil official Wang Dao 王導|王导, subsequently rebellious warlord 322-324
伊斯曼
Yī sī màn
Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR
刘宾雁
Liú Bīn yàn
Liu Binyan (1925-2005), journalist and novelist, condemned by Mao as rightist faction in 1957, subsequently dissident writer
圣索非亚大教堂
Shèng Suǒ fēi yà dà jiào táng
Hagia Sophia (the main cathedral of Constantinople, subsequently the major mosque of Istanbul)
陆荣廷
Lù Róng tíng
Lu Rongting (1858-1928), provincial governor of Guangxi under the Qing, subsequently leader of old Guangxi warlord faction
suí