Famous People with Name Xu

Xu Jiankun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Jiankun: is a Chinese pairs figure skater. He competes with Li Jiaqi

Xu Jun            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Jun: is a Chinese chess player. He was champion of China in 1983 and 1985.[2] He has been a member of the Chinese Olympiad Team, a five times winner of the Asia Team Championship 1983-2003, the 1987 3.3 Zonal Champion, the 1998 Champion of China Open; the 2000-2001 Champion of Asia, and was a 2002 Olympiad member of Chinese Team which came 5th in the final standings.

Xu Ming            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Ming: is a Chinese figure skater

Xu Wei            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Wei: was a Ming Chinese painter, poet and dramatist famed for his artistic expressiveness. Revolutionary for its time, his painting style influenced and inspired countless subsequent painters, such as Zhu Da, the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and the modern masters Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi, who once exclaimed in a poem that "How I wish to be born 300 years earlier so I could grind ink and prepare paper for Green Vine ( A Xu Wei pen name)" (???????,???????). Xu Wei can be considered as the founder of modern painting in China

Xu Xiake            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Xu Xiake: was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) known best for his famous geographical treatise, and noted for his bravery and humility. He traveled throughout China for more than 30 years, documenting his travels extensively (which would be compiled posthumously into the The Travel Diaries Xu Xiake, and his work translated by Ding Wenjiang).[1] Xu's writing falls under the old Chinese literary category of 'travel record literature' ('youji wenxue'“????”), which used narrative and prose styles of writing to portray one's travel experiences.[2]