Li Guang

Li Guang (died 119 BC), born in Tianshui, Gansu, was a general of the Western Han dynasty. Nicknamed "Flying General" by his Xiongnu enemies, he fought primarily in the campaigns against the Xiongnu peoples to the north of Han China. He was known to the Xiongnu as a tough opponent when it came to fortress defense, and his presence was sometimes discouraging enough for Xiongnu to abort the siege. Li Guang committed suicide shortly after the Battle of Mobei in 119 BC. He was blamed for failing to arrive at the battlefield in time (after getting lost in the desert), creating a gap in the encirclement and allowing Yizhixie Chanyu to escape after a confrontation between Wei Qing and the Chanyu's main force, whom the Han army narrowly managed to defeat. Refusing to accept the humiliation of a court martial, Li Guang took his own life. Li Guang was a descendant of Laozi and the Qin general Li Xin, as well as an ancestor of the Western Liang and Tang dynasty monarchs. Li Guang belonged to the Longxi branch of the Li clan(隴西李氏).

Michael Wong (singer)

Michael Wong Kong Leong (Chinese: 王光良; pinyin: Wáng Guāngliáng), born 30 August 1970, is a Malaysian Chinese singer and composer who has sung and written many love-themed ballads or love songs, many of which have high popularity.

Wong began his singing career in a duo with Victor Wong. The pair had attained notable success in Taiwan, but in a mutual agreement, the two split in 2000. Wong has released five solo albums since then, the third one being his breakthrough album, Fairy Tale. He has achieved a great success in Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong and Malaysia where he is based. Wong has also helped several other successful singers by composing songs for them, including the famous ballad "Courage"(勇氣) originally sung by Fish Leong. Friendship is also recursive within his songs. Many people call him "the Prince of love songs"(情歌王子).

He enjoys success as an actor in Chinese dramas and movies as well.

Biography

Born in Ipoh, Malaysia to a Hakka family, he is the elder of two children. He has a younger brother.

Hon Lik

Hon Lik or Han Li (Chinese: 韩力; pinyin: Hán Lì; Cantonese Yale: Hon Lik) (born September 26, 1951) is a Chinese pharmacist who invented the modern electronic cigarette.

Early life

Hon graduated from the Liaoning College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1982, majoring in pharmacy. After that, he joined the Liaoning Academy.

Career

After graduation, Hon spent ten years in a state enterprise for plant agriculture, during which he manufactured a ginseng plant known as an aphrodisiac.

In 2001, while using high-dose nicotine patches to rid himself of the habit of smoking, Hon devised a system on a large console, using food additives as solvents. At the time he was working on vaporization by ultrasound. The droplets formed were too big to resemble tobacco smoke and so he used resistance heating, which got better results. The challenge was managing to scale the mechanism down to a miniature size, suitable for a hand-held cigarette-zed device, and getting the right dose of nicotine, while also getting the right odors from harmless additives.

Li Guangyu

Li Guangyu (Chinese: 利光宇; pinyin: Lì Guāngyǔ; born July 14, 1990) is a Chinese Australian actor.

Early life

Li was born in China and moved to Sydney, Australia at the age of 2. He won the lead role in his school musical when he was 8 years old. He attended Sydney Grammar School, and graduated from St Andrew's Cathedral School in 2007. He is currently completing his tertiary education at the University of Sydney and is studying a Bachelor of Commerce (liberal studies).

Career

In his senior year of high school, he was offered the role of Shi-Kai in The Children of Huang Shi. His performance in the film generally won praise. He originally won the role after an audition that was merely practice, but something he had been meaning to attempt for a long time. After his first film he stated that he intended to continue his work in acting.

In 2009, Li appeared an Australian production called The Combination, playing the role of Nipper, a teenage member of a Lebanese Australian gang.

Filmography

Li Guangli

Li Guangli (Chinese: 李廣利; Wade–Giles: Li Kuang-li; died 88 BC) was a Chinese general of the Han dynasty, a member of the favoured Li family.

Li was brother in law to the Emperor Wu, whose favourite concubine was Lady Li. He was the chosen general in the War of the Heavenly Horses His supplies for his second sortie are described as being 100,000 cattle, 30,000 horse, and many mules and camels.

He besieged the city of Er Shih to obtain certain fine horses of the Ferghana that had been demanded by the Han court but refused. He was given the title Er-shih Chiang-Chün in expectation of success. He diverted the river that supplied the inner city with water, and "received three thousand horses in tribute."

In 90 BC, when he was campaigning in the north against the Xiongnu empire, his wife was imprisoned in the capital after being involved in a scandal. Li sought a quick victory, hoping to win his wife's release. He overextended his army and was decisively defeated by a Xiongnu force of 50,000 led by the Chanyu. Li surrendered to the Xiongnu, and the Chanyu gave him his daughter for marriage. However, about a year later, he was executed after having a conflict with Wei Lü (衛律), another Han defector who was favoured by the Chanyu.