Ouyang Xun (557-641)
Tang calligrapher.
A native of Changsha, Hunan.
From the official position to the crown prince, he was awarded the title of Gengling and Bachelor of Hongwen Hall, and was granted the title of male from Bohai County.
In calligraphy, he learned from the two kings [Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi].
It is self-contained and is known as "European body".
He was one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty.
The inscriptions on the stele include the official script "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", "Huadu Temple Stele", "Yu Gonggong Stele", "Huangfu's Birthday Stele", official script "Fang Yanqian Stele", etc.
His running scripts include "Zhang Han", "Bu Shang", "Chu Dian" and other texts, and he compiled "Yiwen Leiju".
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073)
Philosopher of the Northern Song Dynasty.
A native of Daoxian County, Hunan.
He once served as the Prime Minister of Dali Temple and Dr. Guozi.
Because the room was built next to a stream at the foot of Lotus Peak in Lushan Mountain, the room was named "Lianxi Book Hall", and later generations called him "Mr. Lianxi".
He inherited "Yi Zhuan", "The Doctrine of the Mean" and Taoist thoughts, and relied on Taoist Chen Tuan's "Wuji Diagram" to propose a simple and systematic theory of the composition of the universe.
The Tai Chi, Li, Qi, Xing, Ming, etc. he proposed became the basic categories of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties.
He himself became one of the founders of Neo-Confucianism.
His works include "Tai Chi Illustrations", "Tongshu", etc.
Later generations compiled it into "The Complete Book of Zhou Zi".
Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692)
A thinker in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
A native of Hengyang, Hunan.
In his later years, he lived in Shichuanshan, Hengyang, and was known as "Mr. Chuanshan".
After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he raised troops to resist the Qing Dynasty and was defeated.
After that, he went into exile and returned to Hengyang to live in seclusion in the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657 AD). He devoted himself to reading and writing and made great academic achievements.
He has studied astronomy, calendar, mathematics, and geography, and is especially good at philosophy, classics, history, literature, etc.
Important works include "Zhouyi Waizhuan", "Shangshu Yinyi", "Reading the Four Books", "Zhang Zizheng's Notes", "Siwenlu Internal and External Chapters", etc.
Later generations compiled "Cuanshan's Posthumous Notes".
Zeng Guofan (1811-1872)
Minister of the late Qing Dynasty and leader of the Hunan Army.
A native of Xiangxiang, Hunan.
Daoguang Jinshi.
He once served as cabinet bachelor and governor of Liangjiang.
In 1853, in order to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he was ordered to organize regiment training in Hunan. In January, he organized and trained the Army Division in Changsha. In September, he went to Hengyang to establish the Navy Division, which was later called the "Hunan Army".
Soldiers are recruited by generals, and the recruited soldiers are brave and need to take a bail bond.
This "soldiers serve as generals" pattern gives the "Hunan Army" a strong combat effectiveness.
Zeng Guofan led the Hunan Army to fight against the Taiping Army and the Nian Army for more than ten years.
In 1864, Zeng Guoquan was sent to capture Tianjing (now Nanjing).
Together with Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang, he founded Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Fujian Mawei Shipping Bureau and other military industries.
In 1870, the "religion case" in Tianjin was investigated and the people were killed, and was condemned by public opinion.
There is "The Complete Works of Zeng Wenzhenggong".
Yueyang Tower