Hello! Famous people with the surname Zhong in ancient Chinese history include Zhong Wuyan, Zhong Mingliang, Zhong Ziqi, Zhong Hui, Zhong Rong, etc.
1. Zhong Wuyan: also known as Zhong Lichun and Zhong Wuyan, the wife of King Xuan of Qi, one of the four ugly women in ancient China, but very talented. According to legend, she was the daughter of Wuyanyi in Qi State during the Warring States Period. She was extremely ugly and could not get married at the age of forty. She went to see King Xuan of Qi and stated four points of the crisis in Qi. King Xuan of Qi accepted her and made her his queen. So he demolished the stage, stopped the female music, retired from flattery, advanced to speak out, selected troops and horses, consolidated the treasury, and made the Qi country safe. The story of Zhong Lichun was first seen in "Bian Tong Zhuan" in Liu Xiang's "Biography of Women" in the Western Han Dynasty. She is from Wuyan County in Qi State. She has both political integrity and talent, but is ugly in appearance. She is unmarried at the age of forty. Many ancient books often say that she is "more beautiful than Wuyan", which echoes the phrase "she is as beautiful as the West". How ugly is it? According to the book, her forehead and eyes are both sunken, dull and dry, with an imbalance of upper and lower proportions. She also has a large frame, very strong, like a man's, with a nose pointed upward, a thick neck, an Adam's apple, and a forehead like a mortar, which is sunken in the middle. . He didn't have much hair, and his skin was as dark as paint. You must know that the concubines in ancient times were all "little heads and eyebrows", even like Wu Zetian, "square forehead, broad forehead, dragon eyes and phoenix eyes". Although Zhong Lichun has an astonishing appearance, she is not as good at singing and dancing as other beautiful concubines. Instead, she only cares about politics. King Xuan of Qi, who was in power at that time, was politically corrupt, the country was in darkness, had a bad temper, and liked to flatter. Zhong Lichun risked his own life to meet with King Xuan of Qi, stating the four dangers of Qi State, and pointed out that if the situation was not reined in, the city would be destroyed and the country would be destroyed.
King Xuan of Qi was greatly moved and regarded Zhong Lichun as his own precious mirror. Her advice was accepted by King Xuan, who made her queen, and from then on the country was in great power. China has also left behind two idioms: "ugliness is better than beauty" and "self-recommended pillow mat". Helped King Xuan of Qi to revitalize the imperial court
2. Zhong Mingliang: Born in the Shaoding period of Emperor Lizong of the Southern Song Dynasty, died in the 27th year of the Yuan Dynasty from Kublai Khan to the Yuan Dynasty (1290). He was the leader of the peasant uprising in the mid-Yuan Dynasty. . The east road of Guangnan was a native of Longjiangbao, Changle County (now Zhuanshui Town, Wuhua County, Guangdong Province). Most of his descendants moved to Zijin, Boluo and other places. The Zhong family in Tieluba (Huacheng Town) on the south bank of the Wuhua River today, Not his descendants.
3. Zhong Ziqi: Name emblem, courtesy name Ziqi. A native of Hanyang, Chu State (now Jixian Village, Caidian District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to legend, Zhong Ziqi was a woodcutter who wore a bamboo hat, a raincoat, a pole on his back, and an axe.
4. Zhong Hui: courtesy name Shiji, a native of Changshe, Yingchuan (now Changge City, Henan Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, he was a strategist and calligrapher of Wei State, the youngest son of Taifu Zhongyao, and the younger brother of Zhong Yu, the governor of Qingzhou.
5. Zhong Rong: Literary critic from the Southern Dynasties of China. The courtesy name is Zhongwei. A native of Yingchuan Changshe (now Changge City, Xuchang, Henan Province), he was the descendant of the famous "Yingchuan Zhong family" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Qi Dynasty official went to Situ Xing to join the army. After entering Liang Dynasty, he successively served as the King of Linchuan of the Chinese Army to join the army and the General of Xizhonglang to the Prince of Jin'an.