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Sima Fang had eight sons (ranked in decreasing order of seniority) — Sima Lang, Sima Yi, Sima Fu, Sima Kui, Sima Xun, Sima Jin, Sima Tong and Sima Min — who were collectively known as the "Eight Das" because their courtesy names all contained the Chinese character da (達).
Born in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Qian was named Qian Xia at birth and was given the courtesy name Deqian (德潜).
For example, Qiuranke Zhuan 虯髯客傳 "The Legend of the Curly-whiskered Guest" is a story by the Tang Dynasty writer Du Guangting 杜光庭 (850-933 CE), and Qiu Zhong 虬仲 was the courtesy name of the Qing Dynasty painter Li Fangying.
Xiao Daqi (蕭大器) (524–551), courtesy name Renzong (仁宗), formally Crown Prince Ai (哀太子, literally "the lamentable crown prince"), was a crown prince of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty.
Yeung Hok-ling (楊鶴齡) (1868 - 29 August 1934), courtesy name Lai-ha (禮遐), was a Chinese revolutionary from Cuiheng Village, Heungshan, Kwangtung.
Yuan Hao (元顥) (died 529), courtesy name Ziming (子明), was an imperial prince and pretender to the throne of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei, who briefly received allegiance from most of the provinces south of the Yellow River after he captured the capital Luoyang with support of neighboring Liang Dynasty.
Yuan Xie (元勰) (died 508), né Tuoba Xie (拓拔勰, changed 496), courtesy name Yanhe (彥和), formally Prince Wuxuan of Pengcheng (彭城武宣王), later posthumously honored as Emperor Wenmu (文穆皇帝) with the temple name of Suzu (肅祖), was an imperial prince of the Chinese/Xianbei dynasty Northern Wei.
Zuo Si (Chinese characters: 左思; Hanyu Pinyin: Zuǒ Sī) (250–305), courtesy name Taichong (太沖), was a writer and poet of the Western Jin.
Lü Bu (? - 198 AD), courtesy name Fengxian, Chinese military general during the late Eastern Han Dynasty
Cai Yuanpei (1868–1940), also known by his courtesy name of Heqing (鶴卿), former president of Peking University
Jia Kui (30-101) (賈逵), courtesy name Jingbo (景伯), Eastern Han Dynasty scholar and astronomer, see Yin Mo
Bao Zheng (999-1062), whose courtesy name was Xiren (希仁), an official of the Northern Song Dynasty
Yuan Kewen (Chinese: 袁克文; 1889–1931), courtesy name Baocen (豹岑), sobriquet Hanyun (寒云), was the second son of Yuan Shikai, and the younger brother of Yuan Keding.
Zhongsheng (仲升), the courtesy name of Ban Chao, a general and cavalry commander in ancient China