Wen Sheng Kong Qiu, a Zhongni native, was a thinker and educator in the late Spring and Autumn Period and the founder of Confucianism.
Shi Sheng-Sima Qian, with a long word, was a famous historian and writer in the Western Han Dynasty, and the author of Historical Records, the first biographical literary work in China.
Du Fu, the poet sage, was a great realistic poet in Tang Dynasty, and he wrote The Collection of Du Gongbu.
Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher, was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His major works include Preface to Lanting Collection and Huang Tingjing.
Cao Sheng-Zhang Xu, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was good at cursive script, especially the old cursive script.
Wu Daozi, a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, is good at figure painting and has the reputation of "being the wind in the Five Dynasties".
Guan Yu, Wu Sheng, was a general of Shu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He is proficient in martial arts and values loyalty. Later generations also called Guan Sheng and Guan Di.
Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, was a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Synopsis of the Golden Chamber and Treatise on Febrile Diseases had a great influence on the development of medicine in China.
Du Kang, the wine saint, was an emperor in the Xia Dynasty. It is said that he is the inventor of wine.
Cha Sheng-Lu Yu, a native of the Tang Dynasty, is famous for his love of tea, and is the author of The Book of Tea.