1. Shang Yang: Shang Yang’s reforms encouraged population growth, focused on agriculture and suppressed business, abolished the Shiqing Shilu system, rewarded military merit, compiled household registrations, and implemented the law of continuous sitting, making Qin the most powerful country after the middle period of the Warring States Period. nation.
2. Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng: The first iron-fisted politician to complete the unification of China, and the first feudal dynasty monarch to call himself emperor in ancient and modern times. Qin Shihuang established the emperor system in the central government and implemented the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers to manage national affairs. At the local level, the enfeoffment system was abolished and replaced by the system of counties and counties. At the same time, the writings were written in the same text, the carriages were on the same track, and weights and measures were unified. Attack the Xiongnu in the north, conquer Baiyue in the south, and build the Great Wall. It pushed China into the era of great unification, created a new situation for the establishment of a centralized authoritarian system, had a profound impact on Chinese and world history, and established the basic pattern of China's political system for more than two thousand years.
3. Han Gaozu Liu Bang: the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, one of the great pioneers of the Han nation and Han culture. He has made outstanding contributions to the development of the Han nationality and the unification and strength of China.
4. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che: In order to consolidate imperial power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established the Central Dynasty and set up local governors. Create an inspection system to select talents. Issue the "Tianfa Order" to resolve the kingdom's forces. In terms of culture, Dong Zhongshu's suggestion was adopted to "depose hundreds of schools of thought and respect only Confucianism", ending the situation since the pre-Qin Dynasty that "teachers have different Taoism, people have different opinions, and hundreds of schools of thought have different prescriptions". During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he expanded the territory and established the territory of China. He was the first to open the Silk Road, create the first era name, and establish Taixue. He expanded the largest territory of the Han Dynasty and made brilliant achievements. The prosperous age of Hanwu was one of the three prosperous ages in Chinese history.
5. Sima Qian: He created China's first general history of biographies, "Shi Ji", and created a new style of history books, "Ji Zhuan style". Later history books mostly imitated its biographical style, and biographical style became the main form of history books in China and even East Asia. . Sima Qian's "real record" spirit has become an excellent tradition in Chinese historiography.
6. Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty Liu Xiu: ended the nearly twenty years of warlord fighting and separatism since the end of Xinmang. Liu Xiu reigned for thirty-three years. He promoted Confucianism and promoted integrity. The Eastern Han Dynasty was also praised by later historians as the era of "the most beautiful customs and the most prosperous Confucianism" in Chinese history.
7. Cai Lun: the innovator (not the inventor) of papermaking among the four great inventions of ancient China. As an ancient eunuch, he had written on expensive silk and bamboo boards, but he adapted the art of papermaking, pressing bark, fish nets, and bamboo into paper. The invention of papermaking completely rewritten the history of China and the world in later generations, and also made Cai Lun stand among the outstanding figures in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
8. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian: Successfully unified China, which had been severely divided for hundreds of years, and carried out a series of major reforms in the political system. The method of selecting officials (the prototype of the imperial examination system), creating an advanced official selection system, and implementing measures such as the land equalization system to develop the economy. Make China a prosperous country. Yang Jian is one of the greatest Chinese emperors in Western eyes. He is revered as the "Saint Khan".
9. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty established the governance ideas of "pacifying the people", "valuing talents" and "strengthening politics". Through the adjustment of the land tax system to "pacify the people". Relying on talents, being open-minded about the significance of accepting advice, appointing people well, and obeying advice readily creates an atmosphere of political clarity and ensures that more enlightened and correct political, economic, national, diplomatic, and cultural policies can be formulated and implemented. Strengthen politics and improve the Sui Dynasty's three provinces and six ministries system and the imperial examination system to consolidate centralization, improve administrative efficiency, and expand the basis of rule. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was an outstanding figure who influenced the course of China and the world. He made great contributions to ancient China.
10. Li Longji, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty: In the early stage, he reused virtuous ministers and worked hard to govern. The social economy continued to develop, and an unprecedented prosperous scene appeared in feudal society. However, in the later period of his reign, he indulged in drinking and debauchery, used treacherous officials, and became politically corrupt. Finally, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and the Tang Dynasty declined. Therefore, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was a historical figure with outstanding merits and demerits.