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  • Xu Shixu

    2020-08-26

    Born in Yuxian county in Yangquan city, North China's Shanxi province, Xu Shixu was a famous general who lived during the end of the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty (618-907).

  • Sun Tao

    2020-06-11

    Born in Pingding county in Yangquan city, Sun Tao is a famous writer in North China's Shanxi province.

  • Zhu Cunye

    2020-04-03

    Zhu Cunye, born in Pingding county in Yangquan city in China's North Shanxi province in 1936, is a famous travel writer.

  • Robin Li

    2019-04-18

    Robin Li, male, of the Han nationality, non-partisan, was born in November 1968 in Yangquan city, Shanxi province.

  • Liu Cixin

    2019-04-18

    He is a senior engineer, a science fiction writer, and a member of the China Writers Association, the 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the China Science Writers Association.

  • Zhang Jigang

    2019-04-18

    Zhang Jigang is a famous contemporary choreographer and artist in China. His works have been performed across China, and set the direction of the development of Chinese dance.

  • Gao Changhong

    2019-04-18

    Gao Changhong (1898-?), a native of Xigou village, Yuxian county, was a veteran of the "Kuangbiao Literary Society", of great influence in the history of modern Chinese literature.

  • Shi Pingmei

    2019-04-18

    Shi Pingmei (1902- 1928) was a famous Chinese writer. She was born in Xiaohe village in Pingding county, and later moved to Gugu Temple, Pingding town.

  • Zhang Mu

    2019-04-18

    Zhang Mu (1805-1849) was an important patriotic thinker, geographer, editor, and outstanding cultural celebrity in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). He was born in Pingding, and later moved to Dayangquan village (now Dayangquan village, Yijing town).