Su Wu was a Chinese diplomat and politician of the Western Han dynasty. He is known in Chinese history for making the best of his mission into foreign territory. During his mission he was captured and then detained for nineteen years, enduring major hardship at least in the early years of his captivity. Nevertheless, he endured this treatment while remaining faithful to his mission and his homeland.
Su Wu
Portrait of Su Wu by Watanabe Kazan (1793-1841), Edo period, dated 1839 (Tenpo 10), light colour on silk - Tokyo National Museum - DSC06123
Statue of Su Wu at Haw Par Villa, Singapore.
Wu Shuang Pu is a book of woodcut prints, first printed in 1694, early on in the Qing dynasty. This book contains the biographies and imagined portraits of 40 notable heroes and heroines from the Han Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, all accompanied by a brief introduction and guided by a related poem in yuefu style. The illustrations from the book were widely distributed and re-used, often as motifs on Chinese porcelain.
Zhang Chengye as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Gulian
Ban Chao (32–102) depicted on Chinese porcelain, Xianfeng period (1850–1861)
She was the wife of Cao Shishu. She finished the book of the royal family that her father and brother has started. She served the royal family as a teacher.
