Li Shangyin
Late Tang poet Li Shangyin, famed for oblique 'untitled' poems; gifted in literary craft but afflicted by political setbacks and melancholy.
Liang Qichao (梁启超)
Liang Qichao (1873–1929) was a leading modern Chinese thinker, reformer, journalist and statesman. Gifted in literature and rhetoric, he led constitutional advocacy, founded influential journals, and shaped generations of intellectuals through reformist scholarship and public service.
Liang Yusheng (Chen Wentong)
Liang Yusheng (1924–2009), born Chen Wentong in Mengshan, Guangxi, pioneered modern wuxia fiction. Combining historical depth, poetry and chivalric ethics, he produced 35 novels including White-Haired Demoness and Seven Swords, shaping Chinese martial arts literature and earning lifetime honors.
Lin Fengmian
Modern Chinese art pioneer blending Western modernism and ink, influential teacher and founder with resilient creative legacy.
Lin Yutang
Lin Yutang (1895–1976) was a pioneering Chinese writer, linguist and inventor who bridged East and West. Educated at Harvard and Leipzig, he taught at major Chinese universities, promoted modern Chinese language reform, patented the Mingkwai Chinese typewriter, and influenced global perceptions of Chinese culture through essays and novels.
Liu Haisu
Liu Haisu (1896–1994) was a seminal Chinese painter and educator who fused traditional Chinese painting with Western techniques. As a pioneering school leader and international cultural ambassador, his career combined bold artistic experimentation, institutional innovation, and recurrent public controversy, ultimately earning late-career international honors.
Liu Tianhua
Liu Tianhua (1895–1932), born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, was a pioneering composer, performer and music educator who elevated the erhu to solo art. He fused folk and Western techniques, reformed instruments and pedagogy, and founded movements to modernize Chinese music.
Liu Zongyuan (柳宗元)
Tang dynasty writer, reformer and exile; his Geng day BaZi shows literary brilliance, moral firmness and political vulnerability.
鲁迅 (Lu Xun)
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren) was a pioneering modern Chinese writer and intellectual leader of the New Culture Movement. Born into a scholarly family, he abandoned medicine for literature and used sharp prose to expose social ills, becoming a central figure in 20th-century Chinese thought and a moral conscience of his era.
Lu You
Southern Song poet and patriot. Born 1125, prolific writer whose Bazi shows strong creativity and outspoken independence.
Mao Dun
Mao Dun (1896–1981) was a leading Chinese modern writer, critic and cultural statesman. His life combined prolific literary creation with political leadership, reflecting a public role and deep social observation.
Marcel Proust
French modernist novelist whose **memory**-centered epic arose from intense inner life, marked by delicate health, social observation and sustained creative solitude.