Lao Tzu
Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Ming'er, the word Dan, the word Boyang, was born in the late Spring and Autumn Period. Ancient Chinese thinker, philosopher, writer and historian, founder and main representative of the Taoist school. Laozi's thought has a profound impact on the development of Chinese philosophy, and its core is the Tao. In Taoism, Lao Tzu is revered as the Taoist ancestor.
According to legend, when Lao Tzu was making the history of the pillar in the Zhou capital, he already knew that his reputation was very great, so he hid it deep and did not show his edge. Because he saw that the Zhou Dynasty began to decline, he took sick leave and rode a green ox out of Hangu Pass, and never knew what happened. When he left the customs, he left 5,000 words at the request of Yin Xizhi, which was later the Tao Te Ching.
Guiguzi
Guiguzi, surnamed Wang Mingxu, was born during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. He was one of the founders of the famous academic schools of Taoism, Bingjia, Zonghengjia, Yinyangjia, Taoism, Bingjia, Legalism, Zonghengjia and other academic schools. Guiguzi is revered as "seeking saints" by later generations and has an important position in history.
According to legend, Guiguzi lived in seclusion in Guigu Mountain for many years, during which he received a lot of ** and taught them the art of war, yin and yang, Taoism and other knowledge. The most famous of his ** are Sun Bin and Pang Juan, who were outstanding military strategists in the Warring States Period.
Fan Li
Fan Li, the word Shaobo, was a native of Wandi in Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He is the minister of the Yue Kingdom and the right-hand man of the Yue King Goujian. In the Wu-Yue War, Fan Li assisted Goujian, the king of Yue, to successfully restore the country and achieve the hegemony of the king of Yue. Fan Li was also a famous politician, military strategist, thinker, and industrialist in ancient China, known as the "Shang Sheng", and was respected by later generations as the God of Wealth and Shang Zu.
Legend has it that Fan Li had a deep love affair with the Yue beauty Xi Shi. In the process of King Goujian lying down and trying to restore the country, Fan Li taught etiquette and singing and dancing to Xi Shi, and the two gradually fell in love. However, for the great cause of the restoration of the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li and Xi Shi both made great sacrifices, and finally Xi Shi became the pawn of the Yue King Goujian to restore the country. After the destruction of Wu by the Yue Kingdom, Fan Li chose to retreat bravely from the torrent and boated the five lakes with Xi Shi, and his whereabouts have been unknown since then.
Yang Yuhuan
Yang Yuhuan, known as Taizhen, is the favorite concubine of Tang Xuanzong. Yang Yuhuan was born in a family of eunuchs, and his father Yang Xuanyan once served as the secretary of Shuzhou. She was first the princess of Tang Xuanzong's son, Shouwang Li Mao, and after being ordered to become a monk, she was canonized as a concubine by her father-in-law Tang Xuanzong. Her ** talent is rare among the concubines of the past dynasties, she is proficient in music and rhythm, good at singing and dancing, and is praised by later generations as one of the four beauties of ancient China.
After Yang Yuhuan was canonized as a concubine, Tang Xuanzong doted on her and even abandoned the government for her. Later, after An Lushan launched a rebellion, Yang Yuhuan followed Tang Xuanzong into exile in Shuzhong, passing through Ma Weiyi, the soldiers mutinied, and Yang Yuhuan was given death. Yang Yuhuan did not find her bones after Ma Weipo was given to die, and legend has it that she did not actually die, but was secretly sent out of Chang'an, and her whereabouts have been unknown ever since.
Zhang Sanfeng
Zhang Sanfeng, known as Junbao (also known as "Quanyi"), number Sanfeng, Taoist priest in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, Wudang Mountain Taoist. He traveled throughout Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places, spreading Taoism and retreating in Heming Mountain in Sichuan. Zhang Sanfeng is a master of all schools and is considered one of the important figures of Chinese Taoism.
Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang invited Zhang Sanfeng to go out of the mountain to assist him many times, but Zhang Sanfeng politely declined. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang personally went up the mountain to invite Zhang Sanfeng out of the mountain, but Zhang Sanfeng was nowhere to be found. This has become a major unsolved case in history.
Luo Bing Wang
Luo Bin Wang, the word sightseeing, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, together with Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, and Lu Zhaolin, is known as the "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty", and he has the most poems among the four masters. Luo Bingwang was born in a poor family, and was able to write poetry at the age of seven, known as a "prodigy". It is said that the poem was composed at this time.
According to legend, King Luo Bin drafted the "Discussion of Wu Cao" for Xu Jingye when he rebelled, calling on the people of the world to oppose Wu Zetian's rule. King Luo Bing's whereabouts after the defeat are unknown. One theory is that King Luo Bing was killed after the defeat. Another theory is that King Luo Bing became a monk after the defeat. There is also a theory that King Luo Bing fled the scene after the defeat and his whereabouts are unknown.
Zhu Yunwen
Zhu Yunwen was the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the second son of Zhu Biao, the prince of Yiwen. In the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, launched the "Battle of Jingyan" in the name of "Qing Jun's side", and Jianwen captured Nanjing in four years and established himself as the emperor.
According to legend, when Zhu Yunwen invaded Nanjing, he did not die, but escaped from Nanjing and lived incognito elsewhere.
Xu Fu
Xu Fu was a famous alchemist during the Qin Dynasty, who was erudite and knowledgeable in medicine, astronomy, navigation and other fields. According to the "Records of the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty", Qin Shi Huang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls, as well as three years of food, clothing, medicine and farming tools that had been prepared into the sea to seek immortals, looking for the elixir of life, but finally disappeared without a trace. According to the "Brief History of Japan": "In the seventy-second year of Emperor Xiaoling, Xu Fulai, a Qin man. In a certain sense, Xu Fu is not only the first person in the history of mankind to control the ocean, but also the first person to start the history of cultural exchanges between China and Japan.
It is said that Xu Fu led the boys and girls to settle at the foot of Mount Fuji in southern Japan and established his own country. This legend is widely spread and celebrated in Japan and recognized by some historians and scholars.
Li Zicheng
Li Zicheng was the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Ming Dynasty and the founder of the Dashun regime. He was born in Li Jiqian Village, Mizhi County, Yulin, Shaanxi Province, and shepherded sheep for landlords since he was a child. Later, he became a Yinchuan post officer, but was forced to flee due to debts. During the Chongzhen period, Li Zicheng defected to Gao Yingxiang's peasant army and gradually emerged. He was brave and good at fighting, repeatedly defeated the Ming army, and was called "a general" by Gao Yingxiang. In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, after Gao Yingxiang was captured, Li Zicheng took over the title of King Chuang and continued to lead the peasant army to fight against the Ming army. In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng captured Xi'an, established the Dashun regime, and proclaimed himself "King Chuang". After the capture of Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen was forced to hang himself in the coal mountain, and the Ming Dynasty perished. After Li Zicheng occupied Beijing, he seized Wu Sangui's family wealth, detained his father, and occupied Chen Yuanyuan, causing Wu Sangui to release the Qing army into the pass, and was soon defeated by the Qing army.
Legend has it that Li Zicheng may have fled to Hubei after his defeat, but his eventual whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
Pengamu
Peng Jiamu, a biochemist in Panyu City, Guangdong Province, is a former researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and vice president of the Xinjiang Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1964 to 1980, Peng Jiamu went to Xinjiang many times to conduct scientific investigations, and for the sake of the country's scientific research cause, he entered the uninhabited area of Lop Nur three times to carry out expeditions. During his expedition to Lop Nur, he went out alone on June 17, 1980 to look for water and went deep into the desert, unfortunately disappeared, and his whereabouts are still unknown.