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| N | YEAR | KEYWORDS | ESSAY TITLE | CREATOR |
| 1 | B.C. 226-141 | A man who lived through three dynasties | Lu Tian: Surviving the Chaotic Qin-Han Transition | Mohamedir Abdukad |
| 2 | 177-206 | A military strategist in the Three Kingdoms period | Bang Yong: An Unknown Tragic Prodigy | DoYoung Ahn |
| 3 | 214-281 | A Daoist believer wandering on the road | Zhang Peng: Quest for Immortality | Nathan Charissis |
| 4 | 580-636 | A Roman warrior nicknamed “The White Death” in China | Gaius Marius Jonianus: The Great Tang Roman | Jonah Burstein |
| 5 | 591-621 | Japanese aristocrat turned to Buddhism in China | The Remarkable Travels of Soga no Hitoshi | Arthur Busick |
| 6 | 624-685 | An Confucian official’s struggle against Empress Wu | Hao Wang: Standing up against the Empress Wu | Xufeng Ma |
| 7 | 630-673 | A Chinese Buddhist monk travelled to India | Xuan Li: Journey to the West | Daniel Lemire |
| 8 | 637-692 | A life trapped in the Tang palace | Consort Zhang: A Life under the Shadow of Emperor Wu | Hanyuan Zhang |
| 9 | 644-686 | A talented pipa player’s entanglement with Empress Wu | The Immortal Secret: Empress Wu and Dong Baode | Paul Dunham |
| 10 | 668-705 | A women teacher of the Great Cloud Sutra | When It Rains: Liu Kangni | Katherine Mckendrick |
| 11 | 700-772 | The blending of the art of Chinese guqin and Buddhist teaching | Chenjin: A Musician and Buddhist Monk in Tang China | Ge Ge |
| 12 | 900-962 | A versatile Tang princess on the Silk Road | Li Ruolin: Princess, Calligrapher, and Educator | Caroline Sterling |
| 13 | 1040-1100 | A merchant friend of Su Dongpo | Zhao Tianyao: A Philanthropist Merchant in Song China | Zhao, Tianyao |
| 14 | 1090-1160 | Reformer of the Civil Service Exam | Yan Shengli: The Unaccomplished Reformer | Melissa Wu |
| 15 | 1093-1121 | An illiterate man rose against the Song dynasty | Shi Ma: The Infamous White Lotus Rebel | Alex Yuhui Du |
| 16 | 1093-1146 | A woman painter dislocated by war | Qing Wanglian: Painting through the Pain | Sofia Salen |
| 17 | 1108-1180 | A Han Chinese man befriended the Jurchens | Wang Lifang: A Chinese Man among the Jurchens | Issac Wong |
| 18 | 1120-1175 | From a foot soldier in the Song army to a Daoist monk | Ying Le: A Life of Emotions | Henry Le |
| 19 | 1125-1165 | The life of a tragic courtesan | Li Yueyue: A Desperate Courtesan’s in a Desperate Time | Rutian Wang |
| 20 | 1150-1210 | The decline in the status of women in southern Song | Wan Yi: A Tragic Female Entrepreneur in Song China | Ziyu Liu |
| 21 | 1229-1279 | The second greatest military commander of the Song Dynasty | Zhao Jiaming: The Last Defender of the Song Dynasty | Garwin Leung |
| 22 | 1249-1300 | The true voice behind The Travels of Marco Polo | Giuliano Vivolo: Marco Polo’s Ghostwriter | Jacqueline Heinzelmann |
| 23 | 1380-1432 | The rise of naval expedition in Ming China | Hu Bailian: Daughter of the Last Chinese Chancellor | Zhao, Sophia Runxuan |
| 24 | 1511-1561 | Legendary pirate in Ming China | Yang Zhi: A Pirate in Constant Defiance of the Ming Dynasty | Felix Yang |
| 25 | 1570-1660 | A Manchu warrior that lived only for war | Of War and Weakness: The Life of Hong Guoji | Jonah Jeng |
| 26 | 1585-1672 | A Manchu strategist who mastered the art of war | Yelu: Hong Taiji’s Chief Military Strategist | Jieyuan Ding |
| 27 | 1614-1686 | A father that amassed wealth but lost his son | Li Tianba: Trading through the Ming-Qing Transition | Adam Strul |
| 28 | 1626-1703 | A Manchu princess married a Han Chinese man | Fodo: Caught between the Manchu and Han | Bonnie Nortz |
| 29 | 1630-1692 | An Italian Medici girl met a Chinese maritime king | Cecilia Aadenburg and Zheng Chenggong: A Medici Girl’s Adventure in China | Katelyn Croft |
| 30 | 1699-1752 | The one and only female European painter in the Qing court | “Our Sister Painter”: Laura Biondecci in Qing China | Elizabeth Shceuerman |
| 31 | 1711-1795 | A strategist, Lamaist scholar, and architect | Yuan Shun: Witness of the High Qing Period | James Xie |
| 32 | 1712-1774 | The Qianlong emperor’s primary advisor | Zu Xiaoren: A Manchu Expert on the Dzungars and Tibetans | Ryan Zu |
| 33 | 1773-1822 | An English opium trader’s Moral Struggle | Vincent Blake: A English Opium Courier in China | Karen Freire |