The origin of the surname Bao can be traced back to the time of Xia Yu. Yu's descendant Jingshu was a nobleman of the Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was granted a reward by the Qi State and lived in Baoyi. People called him Bao Jingshu. His descendants took Bao as their surname.
The birthplace of the surname Bao is Qi, in today's Shandong Province. Baoyi is the area around Bingcheng County, Shandong Province. The surname Bao later moved to Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu and other places.
There are not many historical celebrities with the surname Bao. Typical representatives include Bao Shuya, an official of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period, Bao Xuan, an admonishment official of the Western Han Dynasty, Bao Yu, a hydraulic scientist and Taiwei of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Bao Zhao and Bao Linghui, writers of the Southern Dynasty and Song Dynasty. , Yuan Dynasty medical scientist Bao Tongtai, Qing Dynasty poet Bao Gao.
People named Bao
1. The righteous Bao Shuya
Bao Shuya, a senior official of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period, was famous for his knowledge of people. He was the master of Xiaobai, the concubine of Duke Xianggang of Qi. When he was young, he did business with Guan Zhong. He often valued friendship and took care of the clever Guan Zhong. Guan Zhong later became the teacher of Qi Xianggong's other younger brother, Gongzi Jiu. Duke Xianggang of Qi was licentious, violent, and capricious. Guan Zhong fled to the State of Lu with his son Jiu, while Bao Shuya followed his son Xiaobai to Ju (now Ju County, Shandong). After Duke Xianggong of Qi was killed, the two princes seized the throne. Prince Xiaobai used a trick to deceive Guan Zhong and others, and returned home before Prince Jiu. He was made the king of Qi, and was known as Duke Huan in history.
In 685 BC, a war broke out between Qi and Lu, and Lu was defeated. Qi doctor Bao Shuya led the army to go to Lu State on behalf of Qi Huangong to express Qi State's wishes. Prince Jiu and Duke Huan of Qi were of the same mother. Qi could not kill Prince Jiu himself, so it asked the state of Lu to execute it on his behalf. Guan Zhong and Zhao Hu, the auxiliary ministers of Prince Jiu, were enemies of Duke Huan and wanted to be brought back to Qi to deal with them. The state of Lu then acted according to the wishes of the state of Qi, killed the young master Jiu, and handed over Guan Zhong and Zhaohu to Bao Shuya. Zhao Hu did not want to return to Qi and suffer the consequences, so he committed suicide. Guan Zhong returned to Qi with Bao Shuya as a prisoner.
When they arrived at the Qilu border, Bao Shuya let Guan Zhong go. After returning home, Bao Shuya said to Duke Huan of Qi: "Guan Zhong is a genius in the world. You must not let him go. I can help you govern Qi, but Guan Zhong can help you dominate the world." Duke Huan of Qi ignored his past grudges and went out to meet Guan Zhong in person, appointing him as prime minister. , From then on, Qi State embarked on the road to hegemony.
Guan Zhong once said with emotion: "My parents are the one who gave me birth, and Bao Shuya is the one who knows me." The friendship between the two has been praised throughout the ages, and this is due to Bao Shuya's magnanimity, knowing people and good advice. Not open.
Bao Shuya's descendants inherited the hereditary position of minister in Qi State. It was not until the Tian family usurped power in the early Warring States period that they fled to other places.
2. Bao Zhao, a litterateur of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties
Bao Zhao (about 414-466 AD), named Mingyuan, was a native of Donghai (the county is now south of Cangshan Mountain, Shandong Province). Writer of Song Dynasty in Southern Dynasty. In the 16th year of Yuanjia (AD 439), he paid an audience with Liu Yiqing, the king of Linchuan, with a poem, and was appointed as the Minister of Linchuan State. Emperor Xiaowu of Song Dynasty held the posts of Zhongshusheren, Molingling and other positions. In the fifth year of the Ming Dynasty (AD 461), Emperor Xiaowu joined the army in front of Liu Zixu, the king of Linhai. He was called Bao in his later life.
Bao Zhao's literary achievements are multifaceted. He is proficient in poetry, fu, and parallel prose, and there are many famous works, but his poetry is the main achievement. Most of Bao Zhao's poems are Yuefu poems, mainly seven-character poems. The eighteen poems in "The Journey Is Difficult" are his representative works. Some of the poems express his grief and indignation at the difficulty of fulfilling his ambitions and the failure of his talents due to the division of the country and the dominance of power and evil; some of the poems reflect his confrontation with the dark reality and face the reality of darkness. The stubbornness and aloof character shown by the powerful; some directly reflect the suffering of the people in the war. In addition, Bao Zhao's poems such as "Dai Dongwu Yin" and "Dai Kure Xing" also described the hardships of military life and expressed the heroes' ambition to serve the country, which had a profound impact on the frontier poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Most of Bao Zhao's poems are mainly five-character and seven-character poems. Among them, the seven-character poems rhyme with alternate sentences, which changed the weakness of the rhyming of previous sentences and laid the basic form for later generations of seven-character ancient poems. The famous poets of the Tang Dynasty, such as Li Bai and Cen Shen, were influenced by it. Its impact is profound. His parallel prose and Yuefu poems are also unique, free and elegant. There is "Bao Canjun Collection" handed down from generation to generation, which has high literary value.
After the death of Emperor Xiaowu, Liu abolished the emperor's son industry and established himself before killing him. Liu Zixun raised troops to kill Liu. Bao Zhao died in the rebellion in 466 AD.