The administrative seat of "Yingchuan" is Yangzhai, now Yuzhou City, Henan Province, named after Yingshui.
The jurisdiction of "Yingchuan" is similar to today's Dengfeng City in Henan Province, east of Baofeng, west of Weishi and Yancheng, south of Xinmi City, and north of Yexian and Wuyang.
Famous scholars in Yingchuan during the Three Kingdoms period include: Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun Wenruo, Xun You, Chen Qun, Xu Shu, Chunyu Qiong, Zhong Hui, Zhong Yao, etc.
Yingchuan has a long history. Yingchuan County is the capital of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in Chinese history. Yingchuan is also the hometown of Dayu.
The upper reaches of the Ying River is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. Yuzhou has been known as the first capital of China since ancient times. The story of Dayu's flood control is widely spread in Yuzhou. Yuzhou is also named after Dayu's control of floods and Yu gave way to Qi. The bronze pillar of the China Millennium Monument in Beijing records the history of Yuzhou. The place where the first slavery dynasty built its capital.
Yingchuan scholars not only learned profound Legalist and Confucian knowledge, but also learned a lot of political experience from these famous scholars. Moreover, the scholars in these private schools also made friends with each other and influenced each other. For example, Wang Lie was friendly with Chen Ji and Chen Chen, Yang Chong was friendly with Xun Shuang and Li Ying, Li Ying was friendly with Guo Taixiang, and so on. The scholars in Yingchuan had such unique educational conditions, which resulted in the emergence of talented people in Yingchuan.
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Private schools in the Han Dynasty were spread all over the Central Plains, especially in Yingchuan. Many famous scholars and great Confucians set up schools to teach students. For example, Guo "has a distinguished family background, a distinguished father, and studied "Xiao Du Lv". He passed on his father's legacy as a young master and taught hundreds of disciples." Zhong Haoshi was good at criminal law and "taught more than a thousand disciples with poetic law". "Yandu, a native of Nanyang, received "Zuo Shi Zhuan" from Tangxi Dian, Yingchuan."
Zhang Xing taught "Liangqiu Yi" and "claimed to have learned about it, and his disciples came from far away and wrote about it." "Xun Shu, Li Gu, Li Ying, etc. are all famous sages under his master". Many celebrities from other counties also came to Yingchuan to teach. For example, Huan Dian, a native of Pei County, "restored his family business and taught Yingchuan as a minister, and had hundreds of disciples." Song Jun, a native of Nanyang, "was taught by Yingchuan as a guest".
Before and after the disaster of the Communist Party, many celebrities in Yingchuan returned to their hometown, and Yingchuan became the first choice place for scholars to study.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Yingchuan