1. Zeng Gongliang
Zeng Gongliang, courtesy name Mingzhong and nickname Lezheng, was of Han nationality and a native of Jinjiang, Quanzhou. A politician and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was the second son of Zeng Hui, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice. As a veteran of the three dynasties in the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zeng Gongliang had great influence.
Having had a desire for change in his early years, he not only strongly recommended Wang Anshi to preside over the overall reform during Wang Anshi's reform, but also gave Wang Anshi a considerable degree of support during the reform process, which greatly promoted the reform. effect. Later, due to differences in understanding of reform with Wang Anshi and other reasons, he ultimately failed to become a firm reformer.
2. Zeng Anzhi
Zeng Anzhi, also known as Yi Zhong, also known as Tu Long Weng. A native of Wenxi Village, Chengjiang Town, Taihe County, Jiangxi Province. A Jinshi in Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was first appointed as the chief registrar of Fengcheng County, and later changed to the magistrate of Pengze County. During his tenure, he was aware of the people's sentiments and acted with integrity.
Zeng An conducted extensive and in-depth investigations of agricultural production in various places around Taihe in the second half of his life, devoted himself to the study of rice cultivation, collected a large amount of information on rice varieties and cultivation techniques, and completed 5 volumes of "Hepu" before his death. This book introduces in detail the names, characteristics, cultivation techniques and management methods of more than 50 rice varieties in the Jiangnan region of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is another agricultural science work after Jia Sixie's "Qi Min Yao Shu".
3. Zeng Guofan
Zeng Guofan, originally named Zicheng, given the courtesy name Bohan, and also given the nickname Disheng, was the 70th grandson of the sage Zengzi. A modern Chinese statesman, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, writer, and the founder and commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army.
Zeng Guofan worked hard on the strategy of running the army and advocated using Confucianism to run the army, that is, using feudal ethics to educate officers and soldiers, and using benevolence, etiquette, loyalty and trustworthiness as the foundation of running the army to cultivate officers and soldiers. His purpose was to This is used to maintain military morale and cultivate a private army that is completely and absolutely obedient to oneself.
4. Zeng Ji
Zeng Ji, whose courtesy name was Jifu, took the name of Chashan layman. Poet of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was originally from Ganzhou and moved to Henan Prefecture. He successively served as the prisoner in Jiangxi and western Zhejiang, secretary to the young prisoner, and minister of the Ministry of Rites. The poet who lived from the late Northern Song Dynasty to the Xiaozong period of the Southern Song Dynasty and died at the age of 83 once held a special position in the history of poetry in the Song Dynasty. Not only because of his rich creations, but also for his inheritance and creative development of the Jiangxi Poetry School, he was praised by later generations.
Zeng Ji’s contribution lies in his ability to study the Jiangxi Poetry School both “inside it” and “outside it”, and that he is better than his predecessors. He introduced "living method" and "enlightenment" into his creation, which took a solid step for the Jiangxi School of Poetry to get rid of the style of newness, thinness and allusion, and pioneered a generation of poetry style. This article intends to elaborate on Zeng Ji’s inheritance, innovation and profound influence on later generations from the perspective of Zeng Ji’s main creations.
5. Zeng Gong
Zeng Gong, named Zigu, Han nationality, was born in Nanfeng, Jianchang Army, and later lived in Linchuan. He was a writer, historian and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zeng Gong was both diligent and pragmatic, and he could always proceed from reality. In order to control the Yellow River, the imperial court mobilized migrant workers from all over the country, including 20,000 from Qizhou.
When Zeng Gong heard that there were omissions and underreporting of household registrations in some places, he immediately decided to carry out a census. He reported the census from bottom to top and verified it repeatedly. Finally, he found that 1 out of 9 people were drawn. It can meet the needs of recruiting soldiers. His pragmatic style saved many ordinary people from the pain of corvee and lightened their burdens.
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