Tang Dynasty Name Generator

Chinese names from the Tang era, 618 to 907

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Tang dynasty names in pinyin, family name first: emperors, chancellors, poets, generals, court ladies and monks, each with a short label, plus original names built the way Tang families named children, such as Cui Yuanzhi, Dugu Yan, Wei Zhaorong and Lu Sanniang.

About Tang dynasty names

A Tang name is written family name first, then a given name of one or two characters, so Pei Du is Mr. Pei. The imperial house was Li, and around it stood a few great clans, the Cui, Lu, Zheng and Wang among them, whose members named their clan seat with pride: Lady Cui of Boling, Lu Zhaoji of Fanyang. Old northern families of steppe descent kept two-character surnames such as Dugu, Yuwen and Zhangsun, and Sogdian families at court used An, Kang, Shi, Cao, He and Mi.

Everyday address was different again. Friends called each other by seniority among the cousins of one generation, which is why Tang poems are addressed to Dong Da or Liu Shijiu, Liu Nineteen. Daughters were recorded the same way with niang added (Lu Sanniang, third daughter of the Lu family), palace women by rank (Wei Zhaorong), and monks by a dharma name and their temple.

Nearly half of the list comes from the records and stories of the period: emperors under their personal names, chancellors, generals, poets, painters, Chan masters, court ladies, and the heroes of Tang tales and later romances, each with a title or a short label in parentheses. Names without one are original, built from surnames and name characters of the period.

How to choose Tang dynasty names

Drop the label when you borrow a historical name. The words in parentheses are our note on who the person was, not part of the name.
Give siblings a shared character, as Tang families did. The palace scholars Song Ruoxin, Song Ruozhao and Song Ruoxian all carry Ruo.
Use a seniority name for everyday speech. A man written up as Pei Yuanxun in the records can simply be Pei Shiliu, Pei Sixteen, to his friends.
Match the form to the person: a clan seat for an aristocrat (Wang Sigong of Taiyuan), a palace rank for a court lady (Pei Jieyu), a dharma name and temple for a monk (Daojing of Ximing Temple).
Read the label before you hand a real name to a hero. Lai Junchen was a feared interrogator and Zhu Ci a rebel who took the throne in Chang'an, so those names arrive with a reputation.

Frequently asked questions

What were common names in the Tang dynasty?

Li was the imperial surname, and Wang, Zhang, Liu, Cui, Lu, Zheng, Pei, Wei and Du fill the records of the court. Given names had one or two characters and leaned on virtue, learning and loyalty. On the list, Pei Du and Ma Sui show the one-character style, while Du Ruhui and Zhang Jianzhi show the two-character style.

Which names on the list are real people?

Most names with a label in parentheses are recorded people, such as Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong), Meng Jiao (poet) or Gongsun Daniang (sword dancer), and so are the princesses listed by title. Characters of Tang tales, of legend and of later romances and operas set in the Tang are labeled as such, like Nie Yinniang or Fan Lihua. Names with no label are original, although a period-style name can always coincide with a person in the records.

How were Tang dynasty women named?

A woman kept her father's surname for life, and records often give only that, with the clan seat: Lady Zheng of Xingyang. At home she might be called by birth order, as in Pei Qiniang, the seventh daughter, and in the palace by rank, as in Cui Zhaoyi. Entertainers often used doubled names, which is why the list has Guan Panpan and Zheng Juju.

Why do some names look so different from the others?

The Tang court was full of people from beyond the Chinese heartland. Ashina was the ruling clan of the Turks, and men such as Ashina She'er served the Tang, alongside commanders from the Korean kingdoms, Khotan and Tibet. For Turkic, Korean and Tibetan names the list keeps to recorded people, each with a label. The only original names in this group pair a Sogdian surname with a Chinese given name, like An Fengguo, as settled families did.

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All 1,000 Tang dynasty names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 17 names

Aluoben (Church of the East missionary)
An Fengguo
An Huaizhong
An Jinzang (loyal court musician)
An Qingxu (son of An Lushan)
An Sigong
An Sishun (cousin of An Lushan)
An Wanshan (reed-pipe player)

A, continued

An Xinggui (Sogdian of Liangzhou)
An Yanshou
An Yuanshou (officer of Sogdian descent)
Ashina Funian (Turkic rebel leader)
Ashina Helu (Western Turkic khagan)
Ashina Mishe (Western Turkic prince)
Ashina She'er (Turkic prince at court)
Ashina Simo (Turkic prince at court)
Ashina Zhong (Turkic commander for the Tang)

B: 15 names

Bai Lingwen
Bai Mingda (Kuchean composer)
Bai Minzhong (chancellor)
Bai Xiaode (officer of Kuchean descent)
Bai Xingjian (tale writer)
Bai Yuanxin
Bai Yusu
Bai Zhongkan
Baizhang Huaihai (Chan master)
Bao Junhui (palace writer)
Bi Chongyan
Bian Luan (painter of birds and flowers)
Bianji (scribe of Xuanzang's travels)
Bu Feiyan (heroine of a Tang tale)
Bukong (esoteric master)

C: 60 names

Cai Lingzhen of Mount Heng
Cai Xunzhen (Daoist priestess of Mount Lu)
Cao Ba (painter of horses)
Cao Gang (pipa player)
Cao Huaishun
Cao Shancai (pipa player)
Cao Si of the Goldsmiths' Row
Cao Yanfu
Cao Zhongjie
Cen Daoyuan
Cen Ershi
Cen Jingshu of Nanyang
Cen Zhiben
Chai Shao (general)
Chang Jian (poet)

C, continued

Chao Heng (Abe no Nakamaro)
Chen Baoshen
Chen Cangqi (pharmacologist)
Chen Hong (tale writer)
Chen Qingxu of Mount Mao
Chen Shuozhen (rebel leader)
Chen Xihe
Chen Yue'e
Chen Yulan (woman of letters)
Chen Zhongkuan
Cheng Mingzhen (general)
Cheng Xiyuan
Cheng Xuanying (Daoist commentator)
Chengguan (Huayan master)
Chu Guangxi (poet)

C, continued

Chu Suiliang (chancellor)
Chunyu Baoyi
Chunyu Fen (dreamer of a Tang tale)
Cui Chunniang
Cui Hu (poet)
Cui Jingxuan
Cui Jiu (patron named in a Tang poem)
Cui Kerang
Cui Lingqin (writer on court music)
Cui Lingze
Cui Qianyou (officer of the Yan rebels)
Cui Sanlang
Cui Shanren
Cui Shenyou of Qinghe
Cui Shiyiniang

C, continued

Cui Shouren
Cui Sizhen
Cui Tingyu
Cui Wanshun
Cui Wenyue
Cui Xingben
Cui Xun
Cui Yanfu of Boling
Cui Yingying (heroine of a Tang tale)
Cui Yu'er
Cui Yuanzhi
Cui Yunrong
Cui Zhaoyi
Cui Zhiyuan (Choe Chiwon, Silla scholar)
Cui Zhongmou

D: 82 names

Da Zuorong (founder of Bohai)
Dai Shulun (poet)
Dai Song (painter of oxen)
Danxia Tianran (Chan master)
Daoheng Lüshi
Daojing of Ximing Temple
Daoqian of Xiangshan Temple
Daoxin (Chan patriarch)
Daoxuan (Vinaya master)
Daoyin of Famen Temple
Deng Zhenren
Deshan Xuanjian (Chan master)
Diwu Qi (finance minister)

D, continued

Dong Chang (warlord of Yuezhou)
Dong Changzuo
Dong Da (addressee of a Tang farewell poem)
Dong Jiangyun
Dong Renshuo
Dong Tinglan (qin player)
Dongfang Qiu (court verse under Empress Wu)
Dongshan Liangjie (Chan master)
Dou Baolin
Dou Baozhu
Dou Gong (one of the five Dou brothers)
Dou Huaigong
Dou Huizhao
Dou Jingchang of Fufeng

D, continued

Dou Liulang
Dou Luanniang
Dou Shi'er
Dou Shi'erniang
Dou Shourang
Dou Wenju
Dou Xun
Dou Yi (merchant of Chang'an)
Dou Yuanli
Doulu Chengxi
Doulu Xuanyan
Doulu Zhijian
Du Chengzhi
Du Chongrong

D, continued

Du Guangting (Daoist writer)
Du Hongjian (chancellor)
Du Huan (traveler to the west)
Du Jinghui
Du Jingjian (chancellor)
Du Lingxian
Du Qiuniang (court lady of Du Mu's ballad)
Du Renze of Jingzhao
Du Ruhui (chancellor)
Du Shenyan (poet)
Du Shisan (seniority name of a Tang poet)
Du Shouli
Du Siwen

D, continued

Du Wenguan
Du Xianniang
Du Xunhe (poet)
Du Yan (chancellor)
Du Yan'er
Du You (chancellor)
Du Yuanying (chancellor)
Du Zichun (hero of a Tang tale)
Duan Anjie (writer on music)
Duan Chengshi (author of the Youyang Zazu)
Duan Shanben (monk and pipa player)
Duan Xiaolie
Duan Xiushi (general)
Duan Zhixuan (general)

D, continued

Duangan Chengye
Dugu Chengrui
Dugu Guifei (consort of Daizong)
Dugu Ji (essayist)
Dugu Jieyu
Dugu Kang of Henan
Dugu Mian
Dugu Qiongniang
Dugu Shisi
Dugu Shouzhong
Dugu Wenhe
Dugu Yan
Dugu Yuanjie
Dushun (Huayan patriarch)

E: 6 names

Empress Dowager Guo (consort of Xianzong)
Empress He (consort of Zhaozong)
Empress Wang (consort of Gaozong)
Empress Wei (consort of Zhongzong)
Empress Zhang (consort of Suzong)
Empress Zhangsun (consort of Taizong)

F: 30 names

Fan Chuo (writer on Nanzhao)
Fan Guangyin
Fan Lihua (heroine of later romances)
Fan Niannu
Fan Shanren
Fan Shuda
Fan Su (singer in Bai Juyi's household)
Fan Weize
Fang Daoping
Fang Erlang
Fang Gan (poet)
Fang Guan (chancellor)
Fang Renyu
Fang Shouzhi of Qinghe
Fang Xiyan

F, continued

Faning Fashi
Fashen of Yuquan Temple
Faxuan of Shaolin Temple
Fayun of Zisheng Temple
Fazang (Huayan master)
Feng Bolin
Feng Cainü
Feng Changqing (frontier commander)
Feng Miaohui
Feng Qi
Feng Qianshou
Feng Shijiuniang
Feng Weiyue
Fenggan (monk of Guoqing Temple)
Fuyu Long (Baekje prince at court)

G: 40 names

Gao Chongwen (general)
Gao Guiniang
Gao Liuniang
Gao Pian (general)
Gao Shilian (chancellor)
Gao Shisanlang
Gao Tingjie
Gao Wenmin
Gao Wenzhi of Bohai
Gao Xianzhi (commander of Goguryeo descent)
Gao Xiaoji
Gao Xiurong
Gao Yuanyi

G, continued

Ge Ya'er (woman of letters)
Geluofeng (king of Nanzhao)
Geng Wei (Ten Talents of the Dali era)
Geshu Han (commander of Turgesh descent)
Gongsun Daniang (sword dancer)
Gongsun Sijing
Gongsun Yanshou
Gu Daniang
Gu Daorong
Gu Fengniang
Gu Kuang (poet)
Gu Shiyi
Gu Xizhe

G, continued

Gu Yanhe of Wujun
Gu Yanxian
Guan Panpan (singer of the Swallow Tower)
Guanxiu (monk, poet and painter)
Guo Fazhen
Guo Guangyuan
Guo Hanzhen of Mount Hua
Guo Shiliu
Guo Taichu
Guo Tingwei
Guo Tuotuo (gardener of Liu Zongyuan's sketch)
Guo Xiaoluan
Guo Xiaoshen of Taiyuan
Guo Yuanzhen (general and minister)

H: 55 names

Han Gan (painter of horses)
Han Hong (Ten Talents of the Dali era)
Han Huang (painter and chancellor)
Han Kegong
Han Shangfu
Han Shi'erlang
Han Shuze
Han Wo (poet)
Han Yizhi
Han Yunxian
Hanshan (recluse of Cold Mountain)
Hao Tingjie
He Fengcheng

H, continued

He Huaizhi (pipa player)
He Manzi (singer)
He Mingyuan (silk workshop owner)
He Siqian
He Wu of the Medicine Row
He Zhongxin
Heichi Changzhi (Baekje-born commander)
Helan Jinming (governor in the An Lushan war)
Helan Wuwen
Helan Xiude
Helian Xiaozhe
Heruo Mingda
Hongfu (heroine of a Tang tale)
Hongniang (maid of a Tang tale)

H, continued

Hongren (Chan patriarch)
Hongxian (heroine of a Tang tale)
Hou Junji (general)
Huaisu (monk and calligrapher)
Huaizhao Shangren
Huang Fanchuo (court jester)
Huang Lingwei (Daoist priestess)
Huangbo Xiyun (Chan master)
Huangfu Daoning
Huangfu Ran (Dali-era verse)
Huangfu Shenji
Huangfu Shi (essayist)
Huangfu Shiqi
Huangfu Xiuwei

H, continued

Huangfu Yi of Anding
Huangfu Yuankai
Huangfu Zhiyuan
Huangfu Zhongsu
Huichao (Silla pilgrim monk)
Huiguo (esoteric master)
Huiju of Guoqing Temple
Huineng (Chan patriarch)
Huiyan of Caotang Temple
Huiyong of Foguang Temple
Huizhen of Ci'en Temple
Hun Jian (Tiele commander)
Huo Xiaoyu (heroine of a Tang tale)
Huyan Ting

J: 15 names

Jia Changling
Jia Dan (cartographer)
Jia Dao (poet)
Jia Daoxun
Jia Ruyu
Jia Sanshi
Jia Yifang
Jia Zhi (court verse)
Jiang Caiping (Consort Mei of legend)
Jianzhen (monk who sailed to Japan)
Jiao Lianshi (Daoist priestess)
Jiaoran (monk and poet)
Jin Changxu (author of Spring Lament)
Jin Qiaojue (Silla prince and monk)
Jingwu of Kaiyuan Temple

K: 10 names

Kang Chengxun (late Tang commander)
Kang Da of the West Market
Kang Huaijie
Kang Kunlun (pipa player)
Kang Rizhi (officer of Sogdian descent)
Kang Siyi
Kang Wenjing
Kang Zhongshun
Kong Yingda (classical scholar)
Kuiji (disciple of Xuanzang)

L: 155 names

Lady Cui of Boling
Lady Cui of Qinghe
Lady Dou of Fufeng
Lady Helan (niece of Empress Wu)
Lady Li of Zhaojun
Lady Lu of Fanyang
Lady of Guo (sister of Yang Guifei)
Lady Pei of Hedong
Lady Ren (fox spirit of a Tang tale)
Lady Wang of Langya
Lady Wang of Taiyuan
Lady Wei of Jingzhao
Lady Xiao of Lanling
Lady Xue of Hedong

L, continued

Lady Yang of Hongnong
Lady Zhangsun of Henan
Lady Zheng of Xingyang
Lai Junchen (interrogator)
Lai Tian (general)
Lai Wenjun
Lang Shiyuan (Dali-era verse)
Lei Haiqing (pipa player)
Lei Wanchun (defender of Suiyang)
Lei Wei (qin maker)
Li Ang (Emperor Wenzong)
Li Baoyu (commander of Sogdian descent)
Li Chen (emperor of the Dazhong era)
Li Chengqi (prince of Ning)

L, continued

Li Chengqian (crown prince)
Li Chongjun (crown prince)
Li Chongmao (Emperor Shang, deposed in 710)
Li Chongrun (Crown Prince Yide)
Li Chun (Emperor Xianzong)
Li Chunfeng (astronomer)
Li Cui (Emperor Yizong)
Li Dan (Emperor Ruizong)
Li Daozong (prince and general)
Li Deyu (chancellor)
Li Duozuo (commander of Mohe descent)
Li Fan (prince of Qi)
Li Guangbi (general)
Li Guinian (court musician)

L, continued

Li Heng (Emperor Suzong)
Li Hong (crown prince)
Li Jiancheng (crown prince)
Li Jiao (chancellor and poet)
Li Jifu (chancellor)
Li Jilan (Daoist priestess and poet)
Li Ke (prince of Wu)
Li Keyong (Shatuo chieftain)
Li Kuo (Emperor Dezong)
Li Lin (prince of Yong)
Li Longji (Emperor Xuanzong)
Li Mao (prince of Shou)
Li Maozhen (warlord of Fengxiang)
Li Mi (adviser to four emperors)

L, continued

Li Qi (poet)
Li Sheng (general)
Li Shiji (general)
Li Sixun (painter)
Li Su (general)
Li Tai (prince of Wei)
Li Xian (Emperor Zhongzong)
Li Xiaogong (prince and general)
Li Xuan (Emperor Xizong)
Li Ye (Emperor Zhaozong)
Li Yifu (chancellor)
Li Yuanji (prince of Qi)
Li Zhan (Emperor Jingzong)
Li Zhen (prince of Yue)

L, continued

Li Zhi (Emperor Gaozong)
Li Zhu (Emperor Ai, last of the Tang)
Liang Gongzhao
Liang Wuguang
Lin Yanfu
Lin Zhihe
Linghu Chengmao of Dunhuang
Linghu Chu (chancellor)
Linghu Dechang
Linghu Defen (historian)
Linghu Jiu
Linghu Maoshi
Linghu Wanying
Linghu Wenyuan

L, continued

Linghu Zhiheng
Lingjian Shangren
Lingtan of Jianfu Temple
Lingyu of Donglin Temple
Linji Yixuan (Chan master)
Liu Baniang
Liu Caichun (singer and actress)
Liu Changqing (poet)
Liu Chuyi of Pengcheng
Liu Dongzhen of Taiqing Palace
Liu Fang (historian and genealogist)
Liu Hongqiao
Liu Huaisu
Liu Qingqing

L, continued

Liu Rengong (warlord of Youzhou)
Liu Rengui (chancellor)
Liu Shijiu (addressee of a Tang poem)
Liu Shoushen
Liu Wanniang
Liu Wenjing (founding minister)
Liu Wenshen
Liu Wushuang (heroine of a Tang tale)
Liu Xiuye of Hedong
Liu Xuanmin
Liu Yanzuo
Liu Yi (hero of a Tang tale)
Liu Yuxi (poet)
Liu Zhiji (historian)

L, continued

Liu Zhongyong (frontier verse)
Liu Zongqing
Lou Shide (chancellor)
Lu Cairen
Lu Caiyun
Lu Chun (classical scholar)
Lu Deming (classical scholar)
Lü Dongbin (immortal of legend)
Lu Dongzan (Tibetan envoy)
Lu Gongyi
Lu Guimeng (poet)
Lu Hong'er
Lu Huaigu
Lu Lengjia (painter)

L, continued

Lu Lun (Ten Talents of the Dali era)
Lu Meiniang (embroiderer)
Lu Qi (chancellor)
Lu Sanniang
Lu Shanren
Lu Shaoqian of Wujun
Lu Sheng (dreamer of a Tang tale)
Lu Shisi
Lu Shouzhen
Lu Shuxian
Lu Siqian
Lu Tong (poet)
Lu Wenqia
Lu Wulang

L, continued

Lu Xuanqing
Lu Yanshi
Lu Zhaoji of Fanyang
Lu Zhaolin (Four Paragons of Early Tang)
Lu Zhenniang
Lu Zhi (chancellor)
Lu Zhirou
Lu Zongli
Lun Gongren (Tibetan-born commander)
Luo Cheng (hero of later romances)
Luo Gongyuan (Daoist wonder-worker)
Luo Shixin (general)
Luo Yin (poet)
Luo Yuanyi of Mount Qingcheng
Luo Yuxiao

M: 31 names

Ma Bitao
Ma Chongji of Fufeng
Ma Chongwu
Ma Guangsu
Ma Sui (general)
Ma Yin (warlord of Hunan)
Ma Zhijie
Ma Zhou (chancellor)
Mazu Daoyi (Chan master)
Meng Chushi

M, continued

Meng Fuyan
Meng Huixian
Meng Jiao (poet)
Meng Jingren of Pingchang
Meng Jiyou
Meng Qi (collector of anecdotes)
Meng Qianli
Meng Shen (physician)
Meng Shi'er
Meng Yunqing (friend of Du Fu)

M, continued

Mi Huaiyu
Mi Jiarong (singer)
Mi Shouzhong
Mingche of Qinglong Temple
Mo Le (servant hero of a Tang tale)
Murong Huaigu
Murong Nuohebo (Tuyuhun ruler)
Murong Sijin
Murong Xiuming
Murong Yaoniang
Murong Zhilian

N: 13 names

Nan Jiyun (defender of Suiyang)
Nangong Shu
Nangong Yue (astronomer)
Nanquan Puyuan (Chan master)
Nanyang Huizhong (national teacher)
Nanyue Huairang (Chan master)
Niannu (singer)
Nie Yinniang (swordswoman of a Tang tale)
Nie Yizhong (poet)
Niu Decheng
Niu Sengru (chancellor)
Niu Yanhui
Niu Yingzhen (woman of letters)

O: 5 names

Old Hu of the West Market
Old Zheng of the East Market
Ouyang Renjian
Ouyang Shoupu
Ouyang Zhiji

P: 44 names

Pang Xun (mutiny leader)
Pei Balang
Pei Chongli
Pei Chushi
Pei Di (friend of Wang Wei)
Pei Du (chancellor)
Pei Guangting (chancellor)
Pei Huaijie
Pei Ji (minister)
Pei Jieyu
Pei Ju (minister)
Pei Lianniang
Pei Min (sword master)
Pei Mingli (merchant)

P, continued

Pei Qiniang
Pei Ruolan
Pei Shenfu (pipa player from Kashgar)
Pei Shiliu
Pei Sirang
Pei Wenze
Pei Xian'er
Pei Xing (tale writer)
Pei Xingjian (general and minister)
Pei Xuanben
Pei Yan (chancellor)
Pei Yuanming of Hedong
Pei Yuanxun
Pei Zhenshun
Pei Zihou

P, continued

Pi Rixiu (poet)
Piluoge (king of Nanzhao)
Princess Anle
Princess Changle
Princess Gaoyang
Princess Jincheng
Princess Jinxian
Princess Pingyang
Princess Taihe
Princess Taiping
Princess Tongchang
Princess Wencheng
Princess Yongtai
Princess Yuzhen
Pugu Huai'en (Tiele commander)

Q: 22 names

Qian Er of the Iron Row
Qian Liu (warlord, founder of Wuyue)
Qian Qi (Ten Talents of the Dali era)
Qianniang (heroine of a Tang tale)
Qibi Heli (Tiele chief and Tang general)
Qiji (monk and poet)
Qin Boheng
Qin Liuzhi
Qin Zongquan (warlord of Caizhou)
Qin Zongyan (commander under Qin Zongquan)
Qiu Fu (rebel leader)

Q, continued

Qiu Shiliang (eunuch)
Qiu Wei (landscape verse)
Qiuran Ke (the Curly-Bearded Stranger)
Qiwu Qian (poet)
Qu Shouwei
Quan Deyu (chancellor and man of letters)
Quan Nansheng (Goguryeo noble at court)
Quan Xiancheng (son of Quan Nansheng)
Qutan Xida (Indian-descended astronomer)
Qutu Tong (general)
Qutu Yanzhong

R: 3 names

Ren Dezhao
Ren Hongtao
Ren Kejun

S: 70 names

Shan Xiongxin (warrior of the Sui collapse)
Shandao (Pure Land master)
Shang Linglong (singer of Hangzhou)
Shang Rang (rebel commander)
Shangguan Jingchen
Shangguan Lingzhi
Shangguan Tingzhi (son of Shangguan Yi)
Shangguan Yi (chancellor)
Shazha Zhongyi (commander of Baekje descent)
Shen Ba
Shen Boyan of Wuxing
Shen Boyong
Shen Jiji (tale writer)
Shen Junyi

S, continued

Shen Quanqi (poet)
Shen Shanggong
Shen Shiwuniang
Shen Weiqing
Shen Xueniang
Sheng Xiaocong (singer)
Shenhui (Chan master)
Shenkai of Xiangji Temple
Shenxiu (Chan master)
Shi Chaoyi (son of Shi Siming)
Shi Feng (entertainer of Xuancheng)
Shi Fengxian
Shi Guiyi
Shi Jianwu (verse and Daoist writings)

S, continued

Shi Pu (warlord of Xuzhou)
Shi Qi of the West Market
Shi Siming (rebel emperor of Yan)
Shi Xiancheng (governor of Weibo)
Shi Xiong (general)
Shi Zhongliang
Shide (companion of Hanshan)
Shitou Xiqian (Chan master)
Sikong Shu (Ten Talents of the Dali era)
Sikong Tu (poet and critic)
Sima Chengzhen (Daoist priest)
Sima Junze
Sima Lizhen
Sima Wenqi

S, continued

Sima Zhen (commentator on the Shiji)
Song Jing (chancellor)
Song Qing (medicine seller of Chang'an)
Song Ruoxian (palace scholar)
Song Ruoxin (palace scholar)
Song Ruozhao (palace scholar)
Song Shiqiniang
Song Siwu
Song Xizhi
Song Yunze
Song Zhenzhen
Song Zhiwen (poet)
Su Chuhou
Su Deyuan

S, continued

Su Dingfang (general)
Su Gongliang
Su Jing (pharmacologist)
Su Keming
Su Qingluan
Su Weidao (chancellor and poet)
Su Wenxing of Wugong
Sun Daomao of Le'an
Sun Guoting (calligrapher)
Sun Qi (writer on the Northern Quarter)
Sun Qiao (essayist)
Sun San of the East Market
Sun Wanrong (Khitan chieftain)
Sun Zhixu of Songyang Abbey

T: 12 names

Tai Niang (singer of Liu Yuxi's ballad)
Tanyi of Yunju Temple
Tanzhen of Daxingshan Temple
Tian Baoji
Tian Chengsi (military governor)
Tian Dalang
Tian Hongzheng (military governor)
Tian Lingzi (eunuch)
Tian Shenyong
Tian Xiuzhen of Mount Song
Tian Yifu
Tian Yue (military governor)

W: 67 names

Wang Baochuan (heroine of later opera)
Wang Chengfu (plasterer of Han Yu's sketch)
Wang Daojian
Wang Daozhen of Langya
Wang Fanzhi (vernacular verse)
Wang Fengxian (Daoist holy woman)
Wang Funiang (entertainer of the Northern Quarter)
Wang Gui (minister)
Wang Han (poet)
Wang Hongzhi
Wang Ji (poet)
Wang Jin (brother of Wang Wei)
Wang Jiu of the West Market

W, continued

Wang Kejian
Wang Lianlian
Wang Maozhong (officer of Goguryeo descent)
Wang Qiu (official)
Wang Shenli
Wang Shenzhi (warlord of Fujian)
Wang Shuwen (reformer)
Wang Sigong of Taiyuan
Wang Sili (general)
Wang Sizhuang
Wang Tao (medical writer)
Wang Tingyi
Wang Wan (poet)

W, continued

Wang Wujun (governor of Khitan descent)
Wang Xiaojie (general)
Wang Xiaoyou
Wang Xuance (envoy to India)
Wang Yuanbao (merchant of Chang'an)
Wang Yuangui
Wang Yunxiu (wife of Yuan Zai)
Wang Zhongqing
Wang Zhongsi (frontier commander)
Wei Bozhi
Wei Changyu of Jingzhao
Wei Chengqing (chancellor)
Wei Cong (wife of Yuan Zhen)
Wei Duanyi

W, continued

Wei Gao (governor of Shu)
Wei Huiniang
Wei Jiansu (chancellor)
Wei Lianshi
Wei Lingxu of Haotian Abbey
Wei Renzhao
Wei Shilang
Wei Shisanniang
Wei Shiwu
Wei Shu'an
Wei Sijian
Wei Tingxun
Wei Xuanzhen (father of Empress Wei)

W, continued

Wei Yingwu (poet)
Wei Yuandan (court verse)
Wei Yuanzhong (chancellor)
Wei Yuzhi
Wei Zhaorong
Wen Shaoyi of Taiyuan
Wu Chengsi (nephew of Empress Wu)
Wu Huifei (consort of Xuanzong)
Wu Jing (historian)
Wu Sansi (nephew of Empress Wu)
Wu Yuanheng (chancellor)
Wu Yuanji (rebel governor)
Wu Yun (Daoist writer)
Wukong (pilgrim monk)

X: 75 names

Xiahou Guangji
Xiahou Shenzhi
Xianyu Shujian
Xianyu Zhongtong (governor)
Xiao Erniang
Xiao Ershi'er
Xiao Jingzhong
Xiao Jinniang
Xiao Jiulang
Xiao Lingjian of Lanling
Xiao Mingzhao
Xiao Shufei (consort of Gaozong)
Xiao Sili
Xiao Tingyan
Xiao Wenkuan

X, continued

Xiao Xingjian
Xiao Yaohua
Xiao Yingshi (essayist)
Xiao Yu (chancellor)
Xiao Zhaoyuan
Xiao Zhonggui
Xiaoman (dancer in Bai Juyi's household)
Xie Aman (dancer)
Xie Dehui
Xie Gongmao
Xie Lianshi
Xie Lingzhang
Xie Xiao'e (avenger of a Tang tale)
Xie Ziran (Daoist priestess)
Xin Huaiyong

X, continued

Xingkong of Longxing Temple
Xu Daoheng
Xu Hao (calligrapher)
Xu Hezi (singer)
Xu Hui (consort of Taizong)
Xu Hun (poet)
Xu Jifu
Xu Jingye (rebel leader)
Xu Jingzong (chancellor)
Xu Lanxiu
Xu Lingfan
Xu Shiba
Xu Taichong of Tongbai Abbey
Xu Wenbiao of Gaoyang
Xu Yougong (judge)

X, continued

Xu Yuan (defender of Suiyang)
Xu Yueying (entertainer and writer)
Xuanchang Lüshi
Xuanshu of Zhangjing Temple
Xuanyi of Lingyin Temple
Xuanzang (pilgrim monk and translator)
Xue Dingshan (hero of later romances)
Xue Ershiliu
Xue Feiqiong
Xue Feng (late Tang verse)
Xue Hongji
Xue Huaiyi (court favorite)
Xue Ji (calligrapher)
Xue Jingtong
Xue Jiuniang

X, continued

Xue Mao
Xue Meiren
Xue Ne (general)
Xue Pinggui (hero of later opera)
Xue Qiongqiong (zither player)
Xue Silang
Xue Sizhong
Xue Suniang
Xue Tingzhang
Xue Wanche (general)
Xue Wenxiu
Xue Xianzhen
Xue Yijian (qin player)
Xue Yuan (woman of letters)
Xuefeng Yicun (Chan master)

Y: 76 names

Yan Gaoqing (loyalist governor)
Yan Junshi
Yan Lide (architect)
Yan Lingbin (entertainer of the Northern Quarter)
Yan Shangyi
Yan Shigu (classical scholar)
Yan Suzhi
Yan Tongwei of Mount Wangwu
Yan Weiqing of Langya
Yan Wu (governor of Shu)
Yan Xiuwen
Yan Zhigu

Y, continued

Yang Boshen of Hongnong
Yang Chongyi (merchant of Chang'an)
Yang Delin
Yang Huizhi (sculptor)
Yang Jiong (Four Paragons of Early Tang)
Yang Miao'er (entertainer of the Northern Quarter)
Yang Tingfu
Yang Xiaoyi
Yang Xingmi (warlord of Huainan)
Yang Yan (chancellor)
Yang Yuanzhen
Yang Ziyu
Yang Zongben

Y, continued

Yao Chong (chancellor)
Yao He (poet)
Ye Fashan (Daoist priest)
Ye Xian (heroine of a Tang tale)
Ye Yunqi of Mount Tiantai
Yijing (pilgrim monk)
Yimouxun (king of Nanzhao)
Yin Chunying
Yin Qiansun
Yin Taihe
Yixing (monk and astronomer)
Yongjia Xuanjue (Chan master)
Yu Chao'en (eunuch)

Y, continued

Yu Chuqian
Yu Renshu
Yu Taining
Yuan Chongyi
Yuan Chun (Daoist priestess)
Yuan Er
Yuan Huaijian
Yuan Jiao (tale writer)
Yuan Jie (poet)
Yuan Jingsu
Yuan Shisiniang
Yuan Shude

Y, continued

Yuan Sizheng of Henan
Yuan Taoniang
Yuan Tiangang (diviner)
Yuan Wenzheng
Yuan Xiangxiang
Yuan Xiaoze
Yuan Zai (chancellor)
Yuan Zhongwu
Yuanjing of Daming Temple
Yuanxiu Chanshi
Yuchi Chongyi
Yuchi Jingshan
Yuchi Renmao

Y, continued

Yuchi Sheng (king of Khotan)
Yuchi Xiaoke
Yuchi Yiseng (Khotanese painter)
Yue Yanzhong
Yuwen Daoli
Yuwen Deshu
Yuwen Guangbi
Yuwen Kuan
Yuwen Rong (finance minister)
Yuwen Shenqing
Yuwen Shiniang
Yuwen Sirang
Yuwen Zhaoyi

Z: 97 names

Zhang Baogao (Jang Bogo, Silla officer)
Zhang Boqian
Zhang Cuiniang
Zhang Guo (Daoist recluse)
Zhang Haohao (singer of Du Mu's poem)
Zhang Honghong (singer)
Zhang Hongyu
Zhang Hu (poet)
Zhang Huaidao
Zhang Huaishen (governor of Dunhuang)
Zhang Ji (poet)
Zhang Jianzhi (chancellor)
Zhang Renyuan (frontier commander)

Z, continued

Zhang Ruoxu (poet)
Zhang Shiliuniang
Zhang Shiyilang
Zhang Shougui (frontier commander)
Zhang Shouyue
Zhang Xiaozhong (military governor)
Zhang Xuan (painter)
Zhang Xuanhe of Xuandu Abbey
Zhang Xuanji of Fanyang
Zhang Yanyan
Zhang Yanyuan (historian of painting)
Zhang Yaotiao (woman of letters)
Zhang Yichao (governor of Dunhuang)
Zhang Yizhi (court favorite)

Z, continued

Zhang Yuanfu
Zhang Yue (chancellor)
Zhang Yunrong (dancer)
Zhang Zao (painter)
Zhang Zhihe (poet)
Zhang Zhongwu (military governor)
Zhang Zhuo (tale writer)
Zhang Zishen
Zhang Zunshi
Zhangsun Boyue
Zhangsun Jingfu
Zhangsun Jingwan
Zhangsun Kejin
Zhangsun Shunde (founding general)

Z, continued

Zhanran (Tiantai master)
Zhao Ba of the East Market
Zhao Gu (poet)
Zhao Guangsi of Tianshui
Zhao Guizhen (Daoist adviser to Wuzong)
Zhao Huaizhi
Zhao Jingren
Zhao Shiwulang
Zhao Wenke
Zhaozhou Congshen (Chan master)
Zhen Niang (singer of Suzhou)
Zheng Bixia
Zheng Boyi
Zheng Chongdao

Z, continued

Zheng Dehui
Zheng Deyan
Zheng Gu (poet)
Zheng Guangye
Zheng Juju (entertainer of the Northern Quarter)
Zheng Kexun of Xingyang
Zheng Luan'er
Zheng Qian (painter)
Zheng Qilang
Zheng Renkai
Zheng Shiqi
Zheng Shouyi
Zheng Su (chancellor)
Zheng Wuniang

Z, continued

Zheng Xiaoben
Zheng Xiuyi
Zheng Yuniang
Zheng Zihui
Zhichang Chanshi
Zhihong of Jing'ai Temple
Zhijue of Anguo Temple
Zhikong Chanshi
Zhiman of Zhulin Temple
Zhishi Sili (Turkic commander for the Tang)
Zhongli Jian
Zhou Deming
Zhou Fang (painter)
Zhou Liangbi

Z, continued

Zhou Liu of the Silk Row
Zhou Renji
Zhu Ci (rebel emperor)
Zhu Mingyuan
Zhu Qingyu (poet)
Zhu Tao (military governor)
Zhu Zhiwei
Zhuge Lingyu
Zhuge Shuang (general)
Zhuge Sigong
Zhuye Chixin (Shatuo chieftain)
Zongmi (Huayan and Chan master)
Zou Fengchi (merchant of Chang'an)
Zu Yong (poet)

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All 1,000 Tang dynasty names

A: 17 names

B: 15 names

C: 60 names

D: 82 names

E: 6 names

F: 30 names

G: 40 names

H: 55 names

J: 15 names

K: 10 names

L: 155 names

M: 31 names

N: 13 names

O: 5 names

P: 44 names

Q: 22 names

R: 3 names

S: 70 names

T: 12 names

W: 67 names

X: 75 names

Y: 76 names

Z: 97 names