The An family in the Tang Dynasty was extremely outstanding
In the two hundred and ninety years of the Tang Dynasty, the performance of people with the surname An was indeed outstanding, such as An Tingjian and An Jingzhong, As well as An Jinzang and others, they are all outstanding figures whose names have been recorded in history books. Among them, An Jinzang is the most famous.
An Jinzang was the savior of Tang Ruizong. According to historical records, when Ruizong of the Tang Dynasty was the prince, someone falsely accused his mother, Empress Wu, that the emperor would rebel, so Wu Zetian ordered Junchen to punish the prince. At this time, An Jinzang, a Taichang worker, shouted to Junchen. He said: "Since I don't believe what Jin Zang said, please cut your heart to show that the emperor will not rebel." He immediately cut open his chest with his sword. All his internal organs came out on the spot, and blood flowed all over the ground. This earth-shattering move finally made the tyrannical Empress Wu suddenly realize that "I have a son and it is impossible for you to come to this", thus saving Ruizhong from a catastrophe of unknown final fate. A loyal man is respected by the world, and An Jinzang will of course become famous throughout the ages.
The other two famous scholars of the Tang Dynasty were both from the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. An Tingjian was the Taigu Order at that time, and he was commemorated by the local people for his good administration. An Jingzhong was the governor of Huizhou at that time, and he was famous for his flood control to prevent Huizhou from being flooded.
The most powerful during the Five Dynasties
During the Five Dynasties, the world was in chaos, and the An family also produced three of the most powerful and impressive Jiedu envoys at that time, and that was Xichuan Jiedu. Envoy An Qian: An Guangye, the envoy of the Yongxing Army, and An Chongrong, the envoy of the Hecheng Dejun Army. Although the three of them are all important ministers who hold great power in their own right, they can all carry out benevolent policies and are not domineering at all, so they can leave their names in history. One of them, An Chongrong, once said bitterly when Shi Jingtang agreed to be the son of a Khitan, "It is an eternal shame for China to respect barbarians and Di" and he was famous for generations.
An Chongjie, a native of Yingzhou during the reign of Emperor Mingzong of the later Tang Dynasty, had a more prominent family background. He once served as a high-ranking official in Zhongshu Ling, which decided national affairs. Yingzhou at that time was in present-day Hubei Province. It can be seen that the people with the An surname who originally lived in Gansu and Henan during the Five Hus Rebellion period also moved to a small extent.
During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, there was also a famous general An Jun from Taiyuan, Shanxi Province. He guarded the border for many years and kept the Qiang people who were always coming to the border to harass them. He also publicly admitted that he was "only afraid of An Taibao", which shows his growing prestige.
During the Weizong years when the Dong Dynasty was at its weakest, An Yaochen, a famous official of the An family who advocated the Northern Expedition, wrote to the emperor about the stakes of the death of lips and teeth, stating that "Jurchens cannot be married to The principle of "Yanyun is not advisable" was deeply accepted by Huizong, and he was appointed as the governor of Nanping.
The An family, which has a lot of foreign ancestry, produced many famous scribes in the Song Dynasty, such as An Shi, An Yan, An Tao, An Bing, etc., all of whom were famous for their literary names. . Among them, Anshi is from Rong'an, An Yan is from Heyang, An Tao is from Kaifeng, and An Bing is from Fengqiu. This shows that the An family in the Song Dynasty was still mainly spread in northern my country.
After the Ming Dynasty, in just a few hundred years, the spread of the An family spread rapidly. Not only did people with the surname An appear in the south of the mainland, but even in Taiwan, which is separated by the sea, there were also many people with the surname An. footprints of people.