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Lu Xinhua (1954-), a contemporary Chinese writer, was born in Rugao, Jiangsu. In 1969, he joined the army and settled in his hometown. In 1973, he was drafted into the army. He studied in the Chinese Department of Fudan University in 1978 and graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University in 1982. Joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1979. He is the author of the short stories "Scar", "Cousin", "Typical", etc., the novella "Devil", and the novels "Forest Dream", "Details", "Forbidden Girl", etc. After the short story "Scar" was published in Wenhui Po, it won the National Outstanding Short Story Award in 1978 and was translated into more than a dozen languages ​​including English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. It is one of the representative works of "Scar Literature". He once served as a reporter in the literary and art department of Shanghai's "Wenhui Po" and later resigned to go into business. He studied abroad in 1986 and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Master of Arts degree. He is also a member of the Fourth Standing Committee of the Shanghai Youth Federation and a representative of the Fourth National Congress of Literary and Art Workers.

Roh Moo-hyun (Korean: Roh Moo-hyun/Roh Moo-hyun, September 1, 1946 - May 23, 2009) was a South Korean politician and the 16th President of South Korea. He served as a judge and lawyer before entering politics. Roh Moo-hyun came from a poor family. After finishing junior high school, he did not continue to attend ordinary high school but went to Busan Commercial High School, which provided scholarships. Vocational high school became his final academic qualification, making him the president with the lowest academic qualifications in South Korean history. He is also known as the "civilian president" and "grassroots president". Roh Moo-hyun, who had never entered a university law school, finally passed the judicial examination and became a judge after nearly ten years of tenacious self-study. Due to his interest preference, he became a lawyer soon after becoming a judge. During the Chun Doo-hwan military government, Roh Moo-hyun became a defense lawyer in the "Bulim Incident" by chance, and began his career as a human rights lawyer. In 1988, at the suggestion of Kim Young-sam, Roh Moo-hyun joined the Unification Democratic Party and was elected as a member of the 13th National Assembly of South Korea. In December 2002, he defeated Grand National Party candidate Lee Hoi-chang in the 16th presidential election of South Korea and became the President of the Republic of Korea. In the early days of taking office as president, Roh Moo-hyun struggled to implement various reform policies because the opposition controlled more than half of the seats in Congress. Roh Moo-hyun has been plunged into a crisis of confidence after it was revealed that his associates had accepted political payments during his campaign. At a TV symposium, he was accused of violating the neutrality principle of the Election Law because he said, "I hope the people will strongly support the Open Kuomintang." This led to a crisis in the party and government, and he was eventually impeached by Congress. However, the opposition's impeachment struggle had a negative effect among the South Korean people. The newly established party Open KMT, which supported Roh Moo-hyun, became the largest party in Congress in the new congressional election. Roh Moo-hyun's position was also restored after South Korea's Constitutional Court rejected the impeachment case. Roh Moo-hyun called his government a "citizen participation government" that would achieve "balanced development of the country" and "peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia" by "expanding citizen participation." Roh Moo-hyun seeks reform while maintaining stability. In terms of administrative reform, he proposed building a "competent government" and a "moderate-scale government." In terms of economic reform, he tried to establish a fair, transparent, and healthy market order. During his administration, Roh Moo-hyun proposed a "peace and prosperity" policy toward North Korea based on the "sunshine policy" of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. From October 2 to 4, 2007, Roh Moo-hyun and his wife Kwon Yang-sook walked across the military demarcation line between South Korea and North Korea in Pyongyang to meet with Kim Jong-il, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

Lo Hoi Pang (English: Lo Hoi Pang, born December 21, 1941), known as "Lo Hoi" and "Brother Peng", is a Hong Kong actor. He was a male artist of TVB and Asia Television. Lu was the leader of the China Song and Dance Troupe when he was young, and later participated in many film and television performances. In 2012, he was awarded the Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards for his role as "Chung Yuan" in the Hong Kong movie "The King".

Lu Xuzhang (June 1911 - November 8, 1995), male, a native of Yin County, Zhejiang, was a Chinese financial worker and government official. Served as manager of China Import and Export Corporation. He is considered one of the pioneers and founders of China's foreign trade.

Lu Yanhao (April 16, 1913 - February 20, 2000) was a Chinese stratigraphic paleontologist. Born in Yongding, Fujian. Graduated from the Department of Geology of Peking University in 1937. In 1980, he was elected as a member (academician) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He once served as researcher and deputy director of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and chairman of the Chinese Paleontological Society.

Lucien Laviscount (English: Lucien Laviscount, June 9, 1992 -) is a British actor. He first rose to prominence after starring in the 2007 teen drama Grange Hill. He later appeared in a number of TV series, including ITV's Coronation Street (2009) and BBC One's Waterloo Road (2010–11). In 2011, he participated in "Celebrity Big Brother Season 8". In 2015, Lucien played the recurring role of Earl Gray in the first season of FOX's thriller comedy Scream Queens. In 2017-18, he starred in Sony Crackle's crime comedy "Knives." Lucian also starred as Alexander Cabot in The CW series Katy Keene. In 2021, Lucian played the role of Effie in Season 2 of the Netflix series "Emily in Paris," which captivated audiences around the world.

Zhou Weihui (January 4, 1973 -), whose pen name is Wei Hui, is a representative writer of the contemporary "late generation" in China and a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang. Currently lives in New York and Shanghai.

Wei Xiao (January 29, 1982 -), a native of Changsha, Hunan, is a film and television screenwriter, film actor, and film director. Graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in 2004. I have been writing scripts since graduating from China National Theater, and have been working as a screenwriter and director for several years. The first crew I worked with was Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises", and later I worked with Tian Zhuangzhuang's "The Wolf". He once served as assistant director and played the role of Lao Qi in Jiang Wen's movie "Let the Bullets Fly".

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (English: Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, née Kroeber, October 21, 1929 - January 22, 2018) was an American writer, famous for her fantasy literary works, including her science fiction series set in the Hanxing universe, and her Earthsea fantasy series. She began publishing in 1959, and her literary career spans nearly 60 years. She has written more than 20 novels and more than 100 short stories, as well as poetry collections, literary criticism, translations and children's books. Although often regarded as a science fiction writer, Le Guin has also been hailed as "an important voice in American literature", but she herself prefers to be called an "American novelist". Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, to the writer Theodora Kluber and the anthropologist Alfred Kluber. After earning a master's degree in French, she studied for a doctoral degree, but decided to discontinue her studies in 1953 after marrying the historian Charles Le Guin. In the late 1950s, she began writing full-time, and won critical acclaim and market success with "A Wizard of Earthsea" (1968) and "The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969), both of which Harold Blum hailed as her masterpieces. With The Left Hand of Darkness, she became the first female writer to win both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Since then, she has successively created more works set in Earthsea or Ikumen. She has also written novels about the fictional country of Orsinia, and published many children's books and anthologies. Le Guin's work is deeply influenced by cultural anthropology, Taoism, feminism, and the work of Carl Jung. Her works often feature anthropologists or cultural observers as protagonists, and she incorporates the concepts of balance and harmony emphasized by Taoism in many of her novels. She often subverts the narrative patterns of traditional fantasy literary works, such as using non-white people as protagonists in the Earthsea series to break existing stereotypes; she is also good at using unusual styles or structural techniques, such as the 1985 experimental work "Forever Home". Her novels often explore social and political issues, covering topics such as race, gender, sexuality, and growing up. She also considered alternative political systems in several works, such as the 1973 philosophical short story "The Man Leaving Omela" and the 1974 novel "Nothing", which depicts an anarchist utopia. Le Guin's works have had a profound influence in the field of fantasy literature

Upton Sinclair Jr. (English: Upton Sinclair Jr., September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968), an American left-wing writer, was born in Baltimore. He has written more than 90 books and won the Pulitzer Prize. His representative works are "The Jungle" and so on.

Li Shengjiao (January 7, 1935 - August 6, 2017) was born in Qiantang, Zhejiang (now Hangzhou City). He was born in Nanjing and grew up in Shanghai. Senior diplomat of the People's Republic of China, international jurist, expert on Sino-US issues, and bilingual writer. He is recognized as an authoritative expert on international maritime law and China's boundary and maritime affairs. He drafted United Nations conventions and was recognized by Zhou Enlai and received twice.

Li Zhenyu (20th century? -), native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, was born in Beijing. He is a media figure in the People's Republic of China, an internationally renowned bilingual writer, scholar, and cultural critic. He is currently the senior editor-in-chief of the People's Daily and People's Daily Online. He has written more than ten internationally renowned columns, and his works have been called "internationally recognized" by the Wall Street Journal website, and called "windows to understand China" by the American Pulitzer Prize winner. They have been translated into languages ​​​​in 17 countries and have been selected as textbooks for Western universities. It has been fully recognized by the central leadership and leading experts such as the Central Propaganda Department, the State Council Information Office, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Li Shuxiong (1891 - November 4, 1987), English name: James Lee, named Ruxiong, courtesy name Shuxiong, with the character line. He was a giant businessman in the fields of real estate, trust, insurance, coal and electricity, textiles, wool, etc. in old Shanghai, and he was proficient in English. A native of Fenghua, Ningbo. He was also the first comprador of the Italian-Shanghai Huayi Bank and the comprador of the British Chamber of Commerce Defeng Company. It is famous in Shanghai for creating "Xiaonan brand" yarn. Li Shuxiong is also the first Asian to work in the White House of the United States. Li has established the "Li Shuxiong Education and Health Award". At No. 2409 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, Li Shuxiong's family left Li Shuxiong's Sassoon Villa.

Li Linsi (1896-1970), Mingjia Xiang, male, was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, a Chinese educator and scholar, and one of the representatives of modern education in China. Li Lin seems to be the son of Li Liangyu, a late Qing seal engraver after the Qing Dynasty writer Li E, and the father of Li Shengjiao, a senior Chinese diplomat.

The Mad Snail (March 25, 1987 -), whose real name is Wang Tai, was born in Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang. He is a contemporary Chinese novelist, screenwriter, and director. He is currently a contracted writer of Qidian.com, the chairman of the Zhejiang Internet Writers Association, and one of the founders and chairman of "Ruohong Culture". In 2018, he won the title of "Top 100 Gods" in the third Chenggua Internet Literature Award, an authoritative award in the Internet literature industry.

Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi (Italian: Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, April 25, 1874 - July 20, 1937) was an Italian electrical engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is famous for his invention of a practical telegraph system based on radio waves, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Braun in 1909. Marconi's contribution laid the foundation for the development of radio, television and modern wireless communication systems, so he is known as the "Father of Radio" together with Nikola Tesla, Alexander Stepanovich Popov and others. Marconi used electromagnetic waves for communication experiments in the spring of 1895, but failed to request funding from the Italian government. In 1896, a 14.4-kilometer communication test was successfully conducted in the United Kingdom and a patent was obtained. Starting in 1897, he conducted a series of radio communication experiments and established the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company in London. On December 12, 1901, Marconi's research team received the first trans-Atlantic radio signal sent from Britain in Newfoundland. In 1924, he was granted the title of Marquis and became a noble.

Louis Koo Tin Lok (English: Louis Koo Tin Lok, October 21, 1970 -), nicknamed Louis Koo, is a native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, a Hong Kong actor and singer, and serves as the current president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association and the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Association. In 1995, Louis Koo became widely known for his role as "Yang Guo" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". In 2001, he starred in the TV series "Looking for Qin" which became very popular. Later, the focus of work shifted to movies, starring in "Underworld Peace Is Precious", "Eavesdropping", "Drug War", etc. In 2013, Tianyi Film Production Co., Ltd. was founded. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the ambassador of the Hong Kong International Film Festival for five consecutive years. Since January 2018, Louis Koo has served as the chairman of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. In the same year, he won the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Slaying the Wolf: Greedy Wolf". From March 2021, he will serve as the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Federation. In April 2021, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Gustav Klimt was a Symbolist painter born in Vienna and one of the most representative members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is famous for his paintings, murals, drawings and other works of art. Klimt's main subject was the female body, and his work was marked by a frank eroticism.

Gustave Flaubert (French: Gustave Flaubert, December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880), born in Rouen, France, was a French novelist, a representative figure of realist literature, and the author of "Madame Bovary".

Gustav Theodore Holst (English: Gustav Theodore Holst, September 21, 1874 - May 25, 1934), British composer. His original name was Gustavus Theodore von Holst, but the "von" (von) was dropped from his name after World War I. Born into a musical family, most of his ancestors are British and the rest are Swedish. At the age of 19, he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London and studied with Charles Villiers Stanford for five years. After 1906, he served as head of the music department of St. Paul's Girls' School in London, while composing at the same time. In music writing, in addition to boldly experimenting with harmony, he also adopted polytonal composition techniques. Represented as the orchestral suite "The Planets".

Gustav Mahler (German: Gustav Mahler, pronounced: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; July 7, 1860 – May 18, 1911) was an Austrian-Bohemian romantic composer and one of the most outstanding conductors of his generation. As a composer, he acted as a bridge between the traditions of the 19th century and the modernism of the early 20th century. Mahler's status as a conductor was undisputed during his lifetime, but his own music experienced several periods of relative neglect, including the Nazi period when his works were banned in many parts of Europe. After 1945, a new generation of listeners rediscovered his work; Mahler went on to become one of the most frequently performed and recorded composers, a position he has maintained into the 21st century. Mahler was born into a poor Jewish family in Bohemia and spoke German as his native language. He showed musical talent from an early age. After graduating from the Vienna Conservatoire in 1878, he successively held conductor positions in many European opera houses, gradually rising in status, and was finally appointed director of the Vienna Court Opera in 1897. During his ten years in Vienna, Mahler, who converted to Catholicism in order to obtain the position, was often met with opposition and hostility from the anti-Semitic press. Nonetheless, his innovative productions and insistence on the highest standards of performance have established his reputation as one of the greatest opera conductors; he is particularly adept at interpreting stage works by Wagner, Mozart, and Tchaikovsky. In his later years, he briefly directed the New York Metropolitan Opera and the New York Philharmonic. Mahler's total body of work was relatively limited; he made a living as a conductor for most of his life, and composition had to be kept as a spare time activity. Except for early works such as piano quartet movements composed while studying in Vienna, Mahler's works usually require large orchestras, symphony choirs and operatic singing solos. The premieres of these works were often controversial, and some took a long time to gain critical and public recognition; exceptions include the Second Symphony and the highly successful premiere of the Eighth Symphony in 1910. Mahler's direct musical successors include the composers of the Second Vienna School, the core of which are Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, and Anton Webern. Composers who admired and were influenced by Mahler in the late 20th century included Dmitri Shostakovich and Benjamin Britten. The International Gustav Mahler Society was founded in 1955 to commemorate the composer's life and achievements.

Gu Gengyu (1905-April 29, 2000), male, Chongqing native, was a Chinese industrialist and political figure, mainly engaged in pig bristles. He served as Honorary Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Special Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Special Representative to the First National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Second, Third, and Fourth Sessions, Member of the Fifth Standing Committee, Member of the Sixth Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Representative of the Seventh Session.

Gu Long (June 7, 1938 - September 21, 1985), formerly known as Xiong Yaohua, was a martial arts novelist. A native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, he was born in British Hong Kong. He lived in Hankou, Hubei Province when he was a child, and settled in Taiwan after he was a teenager. Since the 1960s, he has written many martial arts novels under the pseudonym "Gu Long", including "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "The Peerless Two Prides", "Little Li's Flying Knife Series", "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng", etc. His works have been adapted into TV series and movies many times.

Dingdang (November 25, 1990 -), whose real name is Zhang Sheng, is a voice actor in Yantai, Shandong, China. He mainly dubs animations and games. A former member of Beidou Penguin Studio, he also serves as a commentator for several programs on Beijing Kaku Children's TV. He became a professional voice actor in 2008. His main dubbing works include "Rampage Comics", "Zombie Brother", "That Year of the Rabbit", etc., and served as the dubbing director in the online game "Dragon Nest".