Born: 1371 Died: 1435 Nationality: China Zheng He, was a Hui court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral during China's early Ming dynasty. Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. Roughly 600 years ago, Zheng He weighed anchor in Nanjing, on the first of seven epic voyages as far west as Africa—almost a century before Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas and Vasco da Gama's

Born: c. 571 BC Died: 471 BC Nationality: Chinese Laozi (老子) was a philosopher and poet of ancient China. He is known as the reputed author of the Tao Te Ching (also referred to as the Laozi), the founder of philosophical Taoism and as a deity in religious Taoism and traditional Chinese religions. As a religious figure, he is worshiped under the name "Supreme Old Lord" and as one of the "Three Pure Ones". Two core concepts in Laozi’s ideas are Zi Ran (Nature) and Wu Wei, in w

Born: 28 September 551 BC Died: 479 BC Nationality: Chinese Confucius (孔子) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. It is generally thought that Confucius was born on 28 September, 551 BC. His birthplace was in Lu state, Zhou Dynasty. His father was an officer in the Lu military. His father died when Confucius was three years old, and Confucius was raised by his mother in poverty. Confucius was educated at