In China's modern history, Hunan is indeed an awe-inspiring place, and Hunan people are indeed a group of awe-inspiring groups. Hunan talents have formed an amazing blowout effect in modern times, and they have indulged in galloping on the stage of modern history, staging one scene after another of generous and tragic songs, and supporting modern China with many disasters and difficulties. Today, I will give you an inventory of the top ten Hunan people in modern history.
NO.10 Guo Songtao (1818-1891)
Hunan Xiangyin, late Qing dynasty official, one of the founders of the Xiang Army, China's first envoy to foreign countries. In 1875, he was appointed minister to Britain, and in 1878, he was also an envoy to France, but he was attacked by courtiers and forced to return to China under pressure. He was depressed and died in 1891.
NO.9 Yang Du (1875-1932)
A native of Xiangtan, Hunan, he was a constitutionalist and reformist figure in the late Qing Dynasty. In his early years, he accepted the ideas of the Kang Liang reformists, vigorously promoted constitutionalism during the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty, and wrote "China's Constitutional Outline Should Absorb the Strengths of Eastern and Western Countries" and "Implementing Constitutional Procedures", and was the main promoter of the constitutional movement in the late Qing Dynasty. During the Republic of China, he participated in Yuan Shikai's restoration activities and died in 1932.
NO.8 Tan Sitong (1865-1898)
A native of Liuyang, Hunan, he was a member of the Late Qing Dynasty and one of the Six Gentlemen of Wushu. In his early years, he founded the Shiwu School in Hunan and hosted the Xiang Bao. In 1898, he participated in the Penghu Reform Law and was killed in failure at the age of 33.
NO.7 Song Jiaoren (1882-1913)
Hunan Changde people, the forerunner of the great democratic revolution, the main founder of the Republic of China, known as The "Father of Constitutionalism" in China. In 1904, the Huaxing Association was established in Changsha, determined to oppose the Qing Dynasty. In 1905, he went to Japan and became the main leader of the League, and founded the "People's Daily". After the Xinhai Revolution, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry in Tang Shaoyi's cabinet, and then led the Kuomintang to victory in the first parliamentary election of the Republic of China. He was assassinated in Shanghai in 1913 at the age of 31.
NO.6 Cai Yi (1882—1916)
A native of Baoqing, Hunan, he was an outstanding military leader in the early years of the Republic of China. In his early years, he entered the Changsha Shiwu School and accepted new ideas. In 1899, he went to Japan to study, returned to China in 1904, and participated in the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, instigating the Yunnan Uprising. In 1915, Yuan Shikai restored the imperial system, and Cai Yi returned to Yunnan to organize the defense army and rebuild the republic. He died of laryngeal cancer in 1916.
NO.5 Huang Xing (1874—1916)
A native of Changsha, Hunan, a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary, a pioneer and leader of the Xinhai Revolution, and one of the founders of the Republic of China, he was known as "Sun Huang" along with Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 1905, he assisted in organizing the League in Japan, and from 1907 onwards, he organized or commanded the Qinzhou Uprising, the Zhennanguan Uprising, the Hekou Uprising, and the Huanghuagang Uprising, all of which were defeated and became more and more courageous. After the establishment of the Republic of China, he served as the chief of the army, the left-behind guard of Nanjing, and the inspector of the Sichuan-Han Railway. In 1915, Huang Xing went to contact many parties to oppose Yuan Shikai's restoration of the imperial system. He died in 1916.
NO.4 Wei Yuan (1794—1857)
A native of Shaoyang, Hunan, he was an enlightenment thinker of the Qing Dynasty and one of the first intellectuals in modern China to "open his eyes to the world". He compiled the "Atlas of the Sea Country", advocated the application of the world, advocated the study of advanced Western technology, and put forward the idea of "mastering the art of mastering the art to control the yi", which opened the trend of learning from the West, which is an important symbol of China's transition from tradition to modernity.
NO.3 Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885)
Hunan Xiangyin people, representative of the late Qing Dynasty Western affairs faction, one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty Zhongxing. In his early years, he studied at Changsha Chengnan College, but failed to pass many tests. After the Taiping Rebellion broke out, Zuo Zongtang became famous. During the Foreign Affairs Movement, he founded the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, marched into Xinjiang in 1877, defeated the Agubai forces in Central Asia, and recovered Ili from Tsarist Russia in 1881. He died in 1885.
NO.2 Zeng Guofan (1811-1872)
A native of Xiangxiang, Hunan, he was the leader of the Western affairs faction in the late Qing Dynasty, the founder and commander of the Xiang Army, and the head of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty. In 1838, he served as a cabinet scholar, a ceremonial attendant, a soldier, a worker, a criminal, and a bureaucratic attendant. After the outbreak of the Taiping Rebellion, Zeng Guofan formed the Xiang Army to turn the tide, and later set a precedent for the Foreign Affairs Movement, established the Anqingnei Ordnance Institute, the first military industrial enterprise in modern China, presided over the construction of China's first steamship, printed and translated the first batch of Western books in modern China, and arranged for the first batch of students to study in the United States.
NO.1 Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
There is no doubt that Chairman Mao is the real crown of the Xiang people. Mao Zedong, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, was a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military man, poet, calligrapher, and leader of the Chinese people. In addition, he is one of the most important figures in the history of the modern world, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
In addition to the above ten Hunan people, do you know who are the celebrities in modern Hunan?