The twenty-four heroes are Wuji, Li, Du Ruhui, Fang, Gao Shilian, Wei Chijingde, Li Jing, Xiao Yu, Duan, Qu Tutong, Yin Kaishan, Chai Shao, Shunde, Sun Qiang, Zhang Liang, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Zhijie, Yu Shinan, Liu Zhenghui, Tang Jian, Li Ji and Qin Qiong.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 643), on February 28th (March 23rd), Emperor Taizong "was a monarch, driven by talents, and treated others with reason". In order to remember the many heroes who fought for the world together at the beginning, he ordered Yan to paint portraits of 24 heroes in Lingyange, which are life-size and face north. Taizong often goes to reminisce about the past. The pavilion is divided into three layers: the innermost layer is painted as the most meritorious minister of Zaifu; The middle layer is painted as a high-ranking vassal minister; The outermost layer was painted by other heroes.
Chu Suiliang (A.D. 596-659), whose name is Deng Shan, was a politician and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty and a native of Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan). Chu Suiliang is well-read and proficient in literature and history. At the end of Sui Dynasty, he became the general manager with Xue Ju. Later, he served as an admonition officer and secretary in the Tang Dynasty. In the 23rd year of Tang Zhenguan (AD 649), he and Sun Chang Wuji were assisted by the imperial edict of Taizong. After resolutely opposing Wu Zetian, he was demoted to the governor of Tanzhou (Changsha). After Wu Hou ascended the throne, he was transferred to the governor of Guizhou (Guilin) and later demoted to the secretariat of Aizhou (now the northern border of Vietnam). Tang Xianqing died in the third year (AD 658); Chu Suiliang is a good calligrapher. He studied Yu Shinan at first, then took Wang Xizhi from France, and together with Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan and Xue Qi, he was called "the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty". There are "Monument to Mencius" and "Preface to Wild Goose Pagoda" handed down from ancient times.