Historical celebrities in Qi County, Shanxi Province include: Wang Yun, Wang Sengbian, Wang Wei, Wen Tingyun, Luo Guanzhong.
1. Wang Yun
Wang Yun (137-192), courtesy name Zushi, was born in Qi County, Taiyuan County (now Qi County, Shanxi Province). Minister in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Born from the Wang family in Taiyuan, he has been an official for generations. Due to his Xiaolian origin, Situ Gaodi was appointed as the imperial censor. He served as the governor of Yuzhou and worked diligently and loved the people. After Chang Rang failed in the struggle, he resigned from office and lived in seclusion. In the sixth year of Zhongping, after General He Jin came to power, he was promoted to Zhonglang and moved to Yin, Henan. After Dong Zhuo supported Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and ascended the throne, he replaced Yang Biao, paid homage to the imperial servants, Shangshu Ling, and Situ, plotted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and joined forces with Lu Bu to govern, becoming increasingly proud and complacent.
In the third year of Chuping (192), Dong Zhuo's remaining party Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou and others captured Chang'an. Wang Yun was defeated and executed at the age of fifty-six.
2. Wang Sengbian
Wang Sengbian was born in Qi County, Taiyuan County (now Qi County, Shanxi Province). The famous general of Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties and the second son of Youwei General Wang Shennian.
Born from the Karasuma Wang family, he first joined the army as a soldier of Xiao Yizhong, King of Eastern Hunan, and later served as General Pingnan and General Zuowei. He was both wise and brave, and won many battles in his battles. He was promoted to General of Hussars and Minister of Secretariat.
In the second year of Liang Dabao (551), he paid homage to the governor and led the army to attack Hou Jing, a surrendered minister who was inciting troops to rebel. He won a great victory and was promoted to the general of the Eastern Expedition and the governor of Jiangzhou for his merit. In the first year of Chengsheng (552), Chen Baxian, the governor of Dongyangzhou, joined forces and marched by land and water to break through Stone City (today's west of Nanjing) and quell Hou Jing's rebellion.
In the fourth year of Chengsheng's reign, under the coercion and inducement of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Yuanming, the Marquis of Zhenyang supported by the Northern Qi Dynasty, was elected as the emperor. However, Chen Baxian opposed it. Chen Ba first raised an army of 100,000 troops, invaded Jiankang, and captured and killed Wang Sengbian.
3. Wang Wei
Wang Wei, named Mojie layman. His ancestral home is Qi County, Shanxi Province. Famous poet and painter of Tang Dynasty.
Wang Wei was born in the Wang family in Hedong, and passed the first prize in the 19th year of Kaiyuan (731). Li Guanyou collected relics, censored the censor, and made the judge during the Hexi Festival. During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Wei paid homage to the official doctor and gave him a job. When An Lushan captured Chang'an, Wang Wei was forced to take a pseudo-post. After Chang'an was recovered, he was awarded the title of Prince Zhongyun. During the Qianyuan period of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, he served as Shangshu Youcheng, and was known as "Wang Youcheng" in his later life.
Wang Wei studied Zen and understood philosophy, studied Zhuang Daoism, and was proficient in poetry, calligraphy, painting, music, etc. He was famous among Kaiyuan and Tianbao for his poems, especially five-character poems, which often sang about mountains, rivers and pastoral areas, and collaborated with Meng Haoran. He is called "Wang Meng" and is also known as the "Poetry Buddha". His calligraphy and painting were so exquisite that later generations regarded him as the ancestor of Nanzong landscape painting.
4. Wen Tingyun
Wen Tingyun was a poet and lyricist in the Tang Dynasty. A native of Qi, Taiyuan (now Qi County, Shanxi).
Wen Tingyun is proficient in music. Gong Shi is as famous as Li Shangyin, and was called "Wen Li" at that time. His poems are gorgeous in terms of words, colorful and exquisite, and their contents are mostly about love affairs. His poems are more deliberately refined, focusing on the literary grace and vocal emotion of his words. His artistic achievements are higher than those of other poets in the late Tang Dynasty. He is the chief poet of the "Huajian School" and is revered as the originator of the "Huajian School". development has a greater impact.
5. Luo Guanzhong
Luo Guanzhong, a novelist in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties, and the author of "The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Other major works include novels: "The Chronicles of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", "The Romance of the Remaining Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties", "The Legend of Sansui Pingyao", and "The Complete Story of Water Margin".
"The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" (referred to as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms") is Luo Guanzhong's masterpiece. This novel has a profound influence on later generations of literary creation. In addition to novel creation, there is also a drama "Song Taizu Dragon and Tiger Meeting".
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Qixian