Speaking of Yingchuan celebrities, most people know them from the Three Kingdoms. Among the Three Kingdoms, many powerful strategists came from this place. Of course, it is not just the Three Kingdoms. Many people have come out of this place since ancient times. Celebrities, let’s take stock here.
Yingchuan, the name of the ancient county, was established in the 17th year of King Yingzheng of Qin (230 BC). It was named after Yingshui. Before that, Yingchuan County was the hometown of Dayu.
As a result, surnames such as Chen, Lai, and Han were formed here, as well as Shaodian, Xu You, Dayu, Xia Qi, Taikang, Zhongkang, Shaokang, Lu Buwei, Zhang Liang, and Chao Cuo , Guo Jia, Xu Shu, Sima Hui, Wu Daozi and other famous figures in Chinese history...
In the Qin Dynasty, Lu Buwei emerged from here and had an important influence on the politics of the Qin State. He summoned his disciples to collect "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" and became the representative of the miscellaneous family.
During the Warring States Period, Han Feizi, the famous philosopher, master of Legalist theory, and essayist, also came from here.
Of course, when talking about this place, Zhang Liang, whom all children know, is indispensable. He was one of the three heroes in the early Han Dynasty. During the Peasant War at the end of the Qin Dynasty, he led his troops to defect to Liu Bang. Soon he persuaded Xiang Liang to become a noble of Han Dynasty. The King of Han is Han Situ. Later Han Wangcheng was killed by Xiang Yu and returned to Liu Bang as his important adviser.
In the Three Kingdoms era, many well-known celebrities appeared here.
For example, Xun Yu, a man known as Wang Zuo's talent, was called my son by Cao Cao.
He is also honest and selfless, meticulous and experienced in handling affairs, and is deeply respected by all officials in Cao Wei. Zhong Yao was called Xiao He's Zhong Yao by Cao Cao.
The most famous among them is the genius Guo Jia. He served Cao Cao for eleven years. There are always people in the world who say that if it were not for the jealousy of talents, the history of the Three Kingdoms would have been rewritten.
But there was another person, the person whom Cao Cao trusted the most before Guo Jia, who was also killed early by God's jealousy. This person was Yingchuan Opera Zhicai.
There is also Wu Daozi, a painter from the Tang Dynasty who was revered as the "Sage of Painting" by later generations and revered as the ancestor by folk painters. The emergence of Wu Daozi is a glorious page in the history of Chinese figure painting. He absorbed folk and foreign painting styles and established a new national style, which the world calls "Wu Jiaxiang".
Not only in painting, the calligrapher Chu Suiliang is also a famous person here. Chu Suiliang, Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan and Xue Ji were the four major calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty.
Of course, in the long history, there are naturally many celebrities who came from here. Yingchuan can be said to be a concentration of talents and the "cradle" of celebrities.