1. Ding Wei (966-1037), nicknamed Wei Zhi, later changed to Gongyan, was born in Changzhou County, Suzhou Prefecture, Liangzhe Road, and his ancestral home is Hebei. Prime Minister and traitorous minister in the early Northern Song Dynasty. Together with Wang Qinruo and others, they are called the Five Ghosts. He successively served as the Councilor for Political Affairs (Deputy Prime Minister), Privy Envoy, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi (Prime Minister), and was granted the title of Duke of Jin. The front and back *** are in phase for seven years.
The ancestors of the Ding family were from Hebei and moved to Suzhou during the Five Dynasties. Grandfather Ding Shoujie, like Fan Zhongyan's great-grandfather Fan Mengling, was an aide to Qian Wenfeng (grandson of Qian Liu), the military governor of the Wu Army in the Wuyue Kingdom. He served as an official during the military governorate, so he became a native of Changzhou.
After passing the nationality, his official career was prosperous, and he successively served as the judge of the Household Department of the Third Division, the Yuanwai Lang of the Ministry of Industry, and the Deputy Envoy of Salt and Iron of the Third Division. In the first year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1008), he was called Youjianyi Dafu, Quan Sansi Envoy, and Privy Council Bachelor. Later, he successively served as minister of the Ministry of Rites, counselor of political affairs, and minister of the three ministries of industry, punishment and war.
2. Ding Shimei (1521-1577), named Bangyan and Houxi, was born in Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture (now part of Huai'an City). He was smart and studious at a young age, and had a long history.
In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559), he did not become the number one scholar. He successively served as editor of the Hanlin Academy, You Chunfang You Yude, Bachelor of Attendant, in charge of the Hanlin Academy and taught the common people, minister of Taichang Temple, Imperial College Jijiu, right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and left minister of the Ministry of Officials. He served in three dynasties and tutored The second emperor.
3. Ding Du (990-1053), whose courtesy name was Gongya, was from Kaifeng (now Kaifeng, Henan Province) and his ancestral home was Qinghe, Enzhou (now Qinghe County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province). Minister and exegesis expert of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1011), Ding Du became a Jinshi (second place) in the "Fuqin Ci Discipline", was awarded Dali Temple as a judge, and became a bachelor of Duanming Palace. In the sixth year of Qingli (1046), he was promoted to Deputy Privy Envoy. In the seventh year of Qingli (1047), he was appointed as deputy prime minister.
In the fifth year of Huangyou's reign (1053), Ding Du passed away and was given as a gift to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, with the posthumous title "Wen Jian".
4. Ding Yunpeng (1547～1628), a painter of the Ming Dynasty. His courtesy name is Nanyu, his name is Shenghua Jushi, and he is a native of Xiuning, Anhui Province. In the fifth year of Tianqi (1625), he was still writing "White Horse Riding the Sutra". Zanzi was a member of Zhan Jingfeng's family. Calligraphy students Zhong and Wang. He is good at drawing figures, landscapes, and Buddha statues in white, all of which are exquisite. The line drawing is very similar to Li Gonglin, with silky hair and eyebrows and eyelashes that are full of emotions. It cannot be done except by someone with magical powers at the end of the pen. He has been serving the inner court for more than ten years.
5. Ding Kuichu (? - May 8, 1647), with a middle curly character and a third digit, was a member of Ding's family in Mamu Township, Yongcheng, Henan, and was a minister in the late Ming Dynasty. In the forty-fourth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1616), he became a Jinshi and became the Minister of Household Affairs. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Ding Kuichu, Qu Shichun, Lu Daqi and others supported Zhu Youlang and proclaimed himself emperor in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. After the Qing troops moved south.
Ding Kuichu entered Cenxi with more than 300 ships carrying 200,000 taels of gold and more than 2.4 million taels of platinum. He surrendered to Qing general Li Chengdong and was promised the position of governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. On the fourth day of April in the fourth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1647, the first year of Yongli reign), his intestines were opened and his belly was broken, and he died at night.