Zhou Yu (175 -2 10) was born in Shu County, Lujiang (now Shu County, Hefei City, Anhui Province). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a famous soldier. His father was Zhouyi, his grandfather was Zhou Yi, and his uncle was Zhou Yi. They were all officials of Qiu.
Strong physique, graceful appearance, elegant temperament, Jiangdong has the saying that "Zhou Lang's accent is wrong". Zhou Yu made few friends with Sun Ce, and when he was 2 1 year old, he followed Sun Ce to the battlefield to pacify Jiangdong. Sun Ce was assassinated, Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Yu sent troops to the funeral. There were China Guards and Zhang Zhao, who had a long history and were in charge of everything.
In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Zhou Yu led an army to unite with Liu Bei and Battle of Red Cliffs defeated Cao Jun, which laid the foundation of "three points of the world". In the 14th year of Jian 'an (209), he worshipped the general and led the Southern County prefect.
In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 10), he died in Baqiu at the age of 36. In the official history, Zhou Yu is a "real genius". Sun Quan praised Zhou Yu as "the capital of Wang Zuo", and Fan Chengda praised Zhou Yu as "the hero of the world and the beautiful husband of Jiang Zuo".
2. Duke Zhou
Duke Zhou's surname is Ji, Ming Dan, the fourth son of Ji Chang, and his younger brother. He helped Zhou Wuwang make two expeditions to Zhou Wang and made music. Because of its fief in Zhou, Jue is the main, so it is called Duke of Zhou.
Duke Zhou was an outstanding politician, strategist, thinker and educator in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was honored as a "sage of Yuan Dynasty" and a pioneer of Confucianism. The achievements of the Duke of Zhou's life are summarized in The Biography of Shangshu: "One year to save chaos, two years to save Yin, and three years to practice election.
Four years to build Hou Wei, five years to camp into a week, six years to compose music, and seven years to become a king. Seven years after the Duke of Zhou's regency, he put forward various fundamental laws and perfected the patriarchal clan system, enfeoffment system, eldest son inheritance law and Jing Tian system.
In the seventh year, the Duke of Zhou became king and formally established the inheritance system of the first eldest son of the Zhou Dynasty. The biggest feature of these systems is the combination of family and state, politics and ethics.
The formation of this system had a great influence on the feudal society of China, and laid the foundation for the eight hundred years' rule of Zhou nationality. Jia Yi commented on Duke Zhou as follows: Before Confucius and after the Yellow Emperor, Duke Zhou was the only person with close ties in China.
3. Zhou Yafu
Zhou Yafu is the son of Jiang Hou Zhou Bo, the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty. Two years later, Emperor Wendi attacked his father Jiang Hou. At first, Zhou Yafu was the chief executive of Hanoi. At that time, there was an old woman, Xu Fu, who was famous for her beauty.
On one occasion, Zhou Yafu asked her to visit a fortune teller in her own government. Xu Fu said to him, "Your fate is more glorious. You can be appointed Hou in three years, and you can become Prime Minister in eight years. Your position is very important. But you will starve to death in nine years. "
Zhou Yafu didn't believe it at all. He said: "I will definitely not be sealed, because my brother inherited his father's Marquis. Even if he dies, his nephew will inherit it, but he can't get rid of me.
It is impossible to say that I starved to death, because since I am a nobleman, how can I starve to death? Chui fook said, she just draw a conclusion according to the face. She also pointed to the corner of Zhou Yafu's mouth and said, "There is a vertical stripe on the edge of your mouth, which is a starving face."
Zhou Yafu was surprised. Coincidentally, three years later, Zhou Yafu's brother Zhou Shengzhi was deprived of the post of Marquis for murder. Deng Wendi read Zhou Bo's contribution to the establishment of the Han Dynasty.
So I didn't want to deprive the Zhou family of their title, so I ordered the best son to inherit it. Everyone unanimously elected Zhou Yafu, so Zhou Yafu inherited his father's title.
4. Early Zhou Dynasty
At the beginning of Zhou Dynasty (236-297), Zi Ziyin, Xinping Taishou, Guanghan Taishou, Zhongcheng. Wu Jun, a native of Dongwu, was born in Yangxian County (now Yixing, Jiangsu Province) and is the son of Zhou Fu, the prefect of Poyang. It was a disaster in the village to indulge yourself when you were young at the beginning of the week. Then the prodigal son came back and turned over a new leaf.
Merit is better than being a father, leaving a legend of "eliminating the three evils around you". After Wu died, he became an official in the Jin Dynasty at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty. He was upright and upright, offended powerful people, and was sent to the northwest to crusade against the frontier rebellion. He was killed on the battlefield. Representative works include Silent Language, Local Customs and Wu Shu.
5. Zhou Dunyi
Zhou Dunyi (10 17-1073), also known as Zhou Yuanhao, was originally named Zhou Dunshi, whose name was Mao Shu, and his name was Yuan Gong. Born in Tianbao, Yingdaolou, Daozhou (now Daoxian County, Hunan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was called Mr. Lian.
Zhou Dunyi, one of the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty, was the founder of Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. He is a writer and philosopher, who wrote Zhu Yuanzhang Gong Ji, Ailian Shuo, Tai Chi Tu Shuo and Shu Tong (later generations adapted it as Zhu Yuanzhang Gong Ji).
The basic concepts of Neo-Confucianism, such as infinity, Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, five elements, movement, sincerity, no desire, hue, etc., have been repeatedly discussed and developed by later Neo-Confucianism, which constitutes an important content in the category system of Neo-Confucianism.