1. Mencius
Mencius (approximately 372 BC - 289 BC), surnamed Ji, surnamed Meng, given name Ke, given name Ziyu, lived in the state of Zou (now Jining, Shandong) during the Warring States Period Zoucheng) people. He was a famous philosopher, thinker, politician, and educator during the Warring States Period. He was one of the representatives of the Confucian school. His status was second only to Confucius. Together with Confucius, he was also known as "Confucius and Mencius". He promoted "benevolent government" and was the first to put forward the idea of ??"the people are more important than the monarch".
2. Meng Zong
Meng Zong (218-271) was a native of Echeng, Jiangxia, Hubei Province (now Xiaochang County, Hubei Province). Later, he changed his name to Meng Ren to avoid the taboo of Sun Hao. , named Gongwu. When he was young, he studied under Li Su of Nanyang, and later became an official in Sikong, Wu State. Su Renxiao, one of the twenty-four filial piety, "crying bamboos and growing bamboo shoots" refers to the story of Meng Ren begging for bamboo shoots for his mother.
3. Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran (689-740), named Haoran, named Mengshan, was born in Xiangyang, Xiangzhou (now Xiangyang, Hubei). He was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. A landscape pastoral poet, known as "Meng Xiangyang" in the world. Because he had never been an official, he was also called "Mengshan Man".
Meng Haoran was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He had ambitions to serve the world in his early years. After being frustrated and painfully disappointed in his official career, he was still able to respect himself, did not flatter the world, and practiced Taoism and lived in seclusion for the rest of his life. He once lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain. When he was 40 years old, he traveled to Chang'an and failed to win the imperial examination. He once wrote poems in Taixue, and became famous among the officials. He was so impressed that he wrote for him.
In the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan (737), Zhang Jiuling attracted the shogunate and later lived in seclusion. Most of Meng's poems are five-character short stories, mostly describing landscapes, pastoral scenes, the joy of living in seclusion, and the mood of traveling and traveling. Although there are some cynical words in it, it is more of the poet's self-expression.
4. Meng Zhixiang
Meng Zhixiang (874-934), courtesy name Baoyin, was born in Longgang County, Xingzhou (now Xingtai County, Hebei Province). The founding emperor of Shu during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Because of his in-laws, he was deeply appreciated by Jin Wang Li Keyong. Li Cunxu succeeded to the throne and served successively as the envoy of Zhongmen, the Marquis of Yu and the capital of Ma Bujun, and stayed in Beijing. After the fall of former Shu, he served as the military governor of Xichuan.
In the later period of Mingzong's reign in the Later Tang Dynasty, Meng Zhixiang gradually became determined to rely on Shu for self-reliance. He disobeyed the imperial orders and raised his troops to rebel. In the fourth year of Changxing (933), he led his army to annex Dongchuan, occupied all the land in both rivers, defeated the imperial expeditionary force, worshiped Chengdu Yin, and was granted the title of King of Shu. In the first month of the first year of Yingshun (934), he officially proclaimed himself emperor, established Hou Shu, and changed his name to Yuan Mingde. He died in the same year at the age of sixty-one. His temple name was Gaozu, and his posthumous title was Civil and Military Saint, Heroic, Martyr, and Mingxiao Emperor. He was buried in Heling.
5. Meng Shan
Meng Shan (1344-1412), courtesy name Bohou, was born in Xiaoli Village, Haifeng County, Wuding Prefecture, Shandong Province (now Haifeng Street, Wudi County, Shandong Province) Office), the founding general of the Ming Dynasty and Duke Teng. The fifty-fifth generation grandson of Yasheng Mencius.
In the twenty-seventh year of Zhizheng (1367), he defected to Zhu Yuanzhang. In the first year of Jianwen (1399), Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign, and Meng Shan defected to Zhu Di. In the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), he was granted the title of Marquis of Baoding. In the seventh year of Yongle (1409), he became an official. He died in June of the 10th year of Yongle (1412) and was given the posthumous title Zhongyong to Duke Teng.
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