Historical Leaders42
From ancient emperors to modern revolutionaries — imperial chart patterns across millennia
1103–1142 · 1103-03-24
Yue Fei
Song Shi supports 1103 and Tangyin but gives no birthday or hour. The second-lunar-month tradition is a local commemor…
Song Shi identifies Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju, as a native of Tangyin in Xiangzhou. The Henan govern…
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1140–1207 · 1140-05-28
Xin Qiji
The Shandong gazetteer supports the recorded lunar date, 28 May 1140, and Sifengzha in Licheng; no birth hour is known…
Xin Qiji was a native of Licheng. He joined Geng Jing's anti-Jin force in 1161, went south the next year…
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c. 1162生，1155与1167亦为史料所载，1227卒。 · 1162-05-31
Full Four PillarsGenghis Khan
Sources disagree among 1155, 1162, and 1167; about 1162 is a convention and stored 31 May is sorting only. The current…
Temüjin received the title Genghis Khan in 1206 after unifying the Mongol tribes, led campaigns against …
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1311–1375 · 1311-07-01
Full Four PillarsLiu Bowen
A county gazetteer and memorial inscription support the lunar birthday mapped to 1 July 1311, but no birth hour is rec…
Liu Ji, courtesy name Bowen, was a late-Yuan and early-Ming political and military figure who took part …
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1328–1398 · 1328-10-21
Zhu Yuanzhang
Palace Museum sources support 21 October 1328 but record no birth hour. Because the current engine cannot compute this…
Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming dynasty in 1368 and ruled until 1398.
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1360–1424 · 1360-05-02
Yongle Emperor
The recorded lunar date converts to 2 May 1360, but no reliable birthplace or birth hour is established. The current e…
The Yongle Emperor was the fourth son of the Hongwu Emperor. He was made Prince of Yan in 1370, took up …
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1472–1529 · 1472-10-31
Wang Yangming
The chronicle records a lunar birthday but no hour, while modern civil conversions differ between 30 and 31 October 14…
Wang Shouren, known as Wang Yangming, was a Ming philosopher and educator from Yuyao, Zhejiang.
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1534–1582 · 1534-06-23
Full Four PillarsOda Nobunaga
Official sources support 1534 in Owari but not a single exact birthday or castle. The current engine cannot compute 15…
Oda Nobunaga was a Japanese Sengoku-period warlord who unified Owari, took control of Mino, entered Kyot…
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1654–1722 · 1654-05-04
Full Four PillarsEmperor Kangxi
Palace Museum records and the repository calendar support 4 May 1654 at Jingren Palace, but no birth hour is recorded.…
The Palace Museum imperial lineage identifies the Kangxi Emperor as Aisin Gioro Xuanye, records his acce…
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1711–1799 · 1711-09-25
Full Four PillarsEmperor Qianlong
A Palace Museum study quotes the Qing Gaozong Shilu for 25 September 1711 at zi hour, correcting the old chen-hour val…
Hongli was the Qianlong emperor of the Qing dynasty. He succeeded in 1735, reigned for sixty years, tran…
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1769–1821 · 1769-08-15
Full Four PillarsNapoleon Bonaparte
Several early records support 15 August 1769 at Ajaccio, but none supplies a birth hour. The current engine cannot com…
Napoleon I was a French military and political figure who took power in 1799, was crowned in 1804, abdic…
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1811–1872 · 1811-11-26
Full Four PillarsZeng Guofan
The Chronicle of Zeng Guofan records 26 November 1811 at hai hour; the previous yin-hour value was wrong. The current …
Zeng Guofan was a late-Qing official and leader of the Xiang Army from Xiangxiang, Hunan, who lived from…
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1812–1885 · 1812-11-10
Full Four PillarsZuo Zongtang
Xiangyin records support 10 November 1812, which the repository calendar maps to the seventh day of the tenth lunar mo…
Zuo Zongtang was a late-Qing military and administrative figure whose documented career included private…
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1823–1901 · 1823-02-15
Li Hongzhang
Sources and the repository calendar support 15 February 1823 and Modian in Hefei East Township, but no birth hour. The…
Li Hongzhang was a senior late-Qing official who passed the metropolitan examination in 1847, later help…
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1835–1908 · 1835-11-29
Empress Dowager Cixi
Palace Museum research supports 29 November 1835, but the birth hour and place are not established. The current engine…
Yehe Nara was a consort of the Xianfeng emperor and mother of the Tongzhi emperor. She became empress do…
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1866–1925 · 1866-11-12
Sun Yat-sen
The genealogy maps to 12 November 1866, while Sun Yat-sen's handwritten autobiography maps to 22 November. This page d…
Sun Yat-sen received a Western-style education, practised medicine, participated in revolutionary activi…
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1870–1924 · 1870-04-22
Vladimir Lenin
Founder of Soviet power — his chart’s powerful Earth, authority stars, and resource stars mirror the hard, structured …
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and Marxist t…
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1874–1965 · 1874-11-30
Full Four PillarsWinston Churchill
Lord Randolph Churchill's same-day letter supports 1:30 a.m. on 30 November 1874 at Blenheim Palace. The current engin…
The Churchill Archive records Winston Churchill's entry into Parliament in 1900, his long service in maj…
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