On some famous ministers in Hanwu period

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Wei Qing

Wei Qing, a historical figure in China. One is Wei Qing (? ~ 16 BC), the word Zhong Qing, Han nationality, Hedong Pingyang (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province) people. Born in an unknown year, he died in 16 BC (the fifth year of Emperor Yuan Feng of the Western Han Dynasty). He was a general who was used to fighting in the Western Han Dynasty and made great contributions to the development of the northern territory of the Han Dynasty. He was also a well-known ever-victorious general in the history of China. He led the army to fight against the Huns and made many meritorious deeds, but he never formed a party to interfere in political affairs. He is more sympathetic to the foot soldiers and has high prestige.

Huo Guang

Huo Guang, whose name is Zi Meng, was born in the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and died in the second year of Emperor Xuandi's Day (the first 68 years). Han nationality, Hedong Pingyang (now Linfen City, Shanxi Province). As the assistant minister of Emperor Zhao of Han Dynasty, he was in charge of the supreme power of the Han Dynasty for nearly 2 years, and made contributions to the stability and rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty, becoming an important political figure in the historical development of the Western Han Dynasty.

Huo Qubing

Huo Qubing (former 14-former 117), Han nationality, was born in Pingyang County, Hedong County (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi Province). An outstanding strategist in the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty in China, he was the nephew of Wei Qing, a famous soldier, and served as a general in title of generals in ancient times. Good at riding and shooting, good at long-distance attack. Huo Qubing led the army to war with the Huns many times. Under his leadership, the Huns were defeated by the Han army, and Huo Qubing also left a much-told story of "sealing the wolf in a professional place".

Sima Qian

Sima Qian (top 145 or top 135-top 87? ), the word zichang, was born in xia yang (now Hancheng, Shaanxi, and Hejin, Shanxi) in the Western Han Dynasty. He was a great historian, thinker and writer in ancient China and was honored as "Shi Sheng" by later generations. His greatest contribution is the creation of China's first biographical general history Historical Records (formerly known as Taishi Gongshu). This book records the history of more than 3, years from the ancient legend of the Yellow Emperor in China to 11 BC (the fourth year of Emperor Wudi's reign), and is regarded as a model of China's history books.

Su Wu

Su Wu, minister of the Western Han Dynasty in China. (former 14-former 6) Zi Ziqing, Han nationality, was born in Duling (now southeast of Xi 'an, Shaanxi). Emperor Wu was a lang. In the first year of Tianhan (the first 1 years), he was ordered to send an envoy to Xiongnu as a corps commander and was detained. Xiongnu nobles repeatedly threatened to induce them to surrender; Later, he moved to the North Sea (now Lake Baikal) to herd sheep, threatening to release him to return to China only after the ram gave birth. Su Wu went through hardships and stayed in Xiongnu for nineteen years. It was not until the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty (the first 81 years) that he was released back to Han. After Su Wu's death, Emperor Xuandi of Han Dynasty listed him as one of the eleven heroes of Qilin Pavilion, demonstrating his moral integrity.

Sima Xiangru

Sima Xiangru (about 179 BC-about 118 BC) was born in Changqing, a native of Shu County (now Chengdu, Sichuan Province). Great ci fu writers in the western han dynasty. His representative work is Zi Xufu. His works are rich in rhetoric and grand in structure, which makes him a representative writer of Han Fu, and later people call it sanctification. The story of his elopement with Zhuo Wenjun is also widely circulated. Lu Xun's Outline of the History of Chinese Literature also comments on them in a special section, pointing out: "When Emperor Wu was a scholar, he endowed Mo Ruo Sima Xiangru and Wen Ruo Sima Qian".

Dong Zhongshu

Dong Zhongshu is a thinker and Confucian who keeps pace with the times, a famous idealist philosopher and a master of Confucian classics in the Western Han Dynasty. Han Jingdi was a doctor at that time, teaching "Ram Spring and Autumn". He summarized the ethical thought of Confucianism as "three cardinal guides and five permanents", and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty adopted Dong Zhongshu's suggestion. Since then, Confucianism has become the official philosophy and continues to this day. His educational thought and the theory of "great unification" and "induction between man and nature" provided the theoretical basis for later feudal rulers. Up to now, some scholars are still studying his ideological system and the culture of his hometown, and his works are collected in the book Spring and Autumn Stories.

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