15 liberal arts students are: Zhang and Cui in the Tang Dynasty; Sun He, Wang Zeng, Song Yao, Yang Zhi, Wang Ruocuo and Feng Jing in the Song Dynasty; Meng Songxian of Jin Dynasty; Wang Zongzhe of the Yuan Dynasty; Huang Guan and Shang Lu in Ming Dynasty; Qian Ming, Chen Jichang and Dai Quheng in Qing Dynasty.
In addition, there have been three "Wu Sanyuan" in history.
The first one was Yin Feng during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty. Sanyuanli joined the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences as an official, and helped Datun to make meritorious military service in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, a coastal city in Fujian and Zhejiang. Today's "Sanyuan Lane" in Nanjing is dedicated to his memory.
The second person was from Yongjia, Zhejiang Province during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The king named more than a thousand people in the Royal Guards. He is proficient in classics and history and is good at writing poems. At that time, he called his martial arts, poetry and calligraphy "three unique skills".
The third place is Wang Yubi, a native of Zhejiang during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, and even an academician of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this man was admitted to Wu Xiucai. He was the first archer and was known as the "dead shot", so people praised him as "Wu Siyuan". Although he was born as a samurai, he never let go of his books, and his writing style was brilliant, and he also had the reputation of being an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.