Flashcards: Yuan dynasty people

Rabban Bar Sauma (c. 1220–1294) (ܪܒܢ ܒܪ ܨܘܡܐ; IPA: [rɑbbɑn bɑrsˤɑuma]), also known as Rabban Ṣawma or Rabban Çauma, (Chinese: 拉賓掃務瑪; pinyin: lābīnsǎowùmǎ), was a Turkic/Chinese monk turned diplomat of the "Nestorian" Church of the East in China.

Empress Gi (or Ki; Hangul: 기황후; 1315–1369/70), known as Empress Qi (or Ch'i; 奇皇后) in Chinese and Öljei Khutuk (Өлзий хутуг) in Mongolian, was one of the primary empresses of Toghon Temür of the Yuan dynasty and the mother of Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara.

Drogön Chögyal Phagpa (Tibetan: འགྲོ་མགོན་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་འཕགས་པ་, Wylie: 'gro mgon chos rgyal 'phags pa, 1235 – 15 December 1280), was the fifth leader of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.

Luo Ben (c. 1330–1400, or c.1280–1360), better known by his courtesy name Guanzhong (Mandarin pronunciation: [lu̯o ku̯anʈʂʊŋ]), was a Chinese writer who lived during the Yuan and Ming periods.

Zhou Daguan (Chou Ta-kuan; French: Tcheou Ta-Kouan; c. 1270–?) was a Chinese diplomat under the Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan.

Qu You (Chinese: 瞿佑; pinyin: Qú Yòu; Wade–Giles: Ch'ü Yu, 1341 – 1427), courtesy name Zongji (宗吉) and self-nicknamed Cunzhai (存齋, "Reading Studio of Existence"), was a Chinese novelist who lived in the Ming Dynasty, and whose works inspired a new genre fantasy works with political subtext of the Qing Dynasty.

John of Montecorvino or Giovanni da Montecorvino in Italian (1247–1328) was an Italian Franciscan missionary, traveller and statesman, founder of the earliest Roman Catholic missions in India and China, and archbishop of Peking, and Latin Patriarch of the Orient.

Zhang Shicheng (simplified Chinese: 张士诚; traditional Chinese: 張士誠; pinyin: Zhāng Shìchéng) （1321－1367）was one of the leaders of the Red Turban Rebellion in the late Yuan dynasty of China.

Zhenjin (Chinese: 真金; 1243 – January 5, 1286), also Jingim, Chinkim, or Chingkim (Mongolian: Чингим/Chingim), was the second son of Kublai Khan, founder of the Yuan dynasty.

Chen Youliang (1320 – August 23, 1363) was the founder of the insurgent state of Dahan (大漢; literally: "Great Han") in the late Yuan Dynasty period of Chinese history.

Basalawarmi (died January 6, 1382), commonly known by his hereditary title, the Prince of Liang, was a descendant of Kublai Khan and a Yuan Dynasty loyalist who fought against the ascendant Ming Dynasty in China.

Trần Thị Ngọc Cư (陳氏玉居, ? - ?) courtesy name An Tư (安姿) was a princess during the Trần Dynasty (1225–1400), the youngest offspring of emperor Trần Thái Tông.

Xu Shouhui (simplified Chinese: 徐寿辉; traditional Chinese: 徐壽輝; pinyin: Xú Shòuhuī; Wade–Giles: Hsü Shou-hui) (died 1360) was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who proclaimed himself emperor during the late Mongol Yuan Dynasty period.

Chen Li (Chinese: 陳理), was the second and the last emperor of the Dahan (大漢 Great Han) regime, during the latter Mongol Yuan Dynasty, in China.

Huang Dao po (simplified Chinese: 黄道婆; traditional Chinese: 黃道婆; pinyin: Huáng Dào pó; c. 1245 – 1330) rose from poverty to become one of the most famous women in the early Chinese textile industry.

Liu Bingzhong (Chinese: 劉秉忠; 1216–1274), or Liu Kan (Chinese: 劉侃) was a Yuan dynasty court adviser and architect.

Shen Wansan (Chinese: 沈万三) was a businessman during the beginning of Ming Dynasty.