The southern region of Jiangsu, represented by Suzhou (Suzhou), Xi (Wuxi) and Chang (Changzhou), is one of the most economically and culturally developed regions in China's history, and it is also one of the most dynamic regions in China's economy today. A developed economy creates the necessary conditions for the development of culture, which in turn promotes the further development of the economy. This virtuous circle eventually created the status of the entire economic and cultural highland of southern Jiangsu, and also gave birth to a large number of well-known figures in Chinese history. Today we will take a look at which celebrities have been born in the history of Changzhou, and where are the former residences where these celebrities once lived.
1. Sun Shenxing
Former residence of Sun Shenxing
Sun Shenxing (1565-1636), a native of Wujin (present-day Changzhou), Jiangsu, after Sun Xingzu, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, entered the priesthood in the twenty-third year of the Ming Dynasty (1595), and was an official to the Libu Shangshu and a member of the Donglin Party at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Sun Xingyan (1753-1818), the seventh grandson of Sun Shenxing, a famous bibliophile and calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty, was versatile and praised by Yuan Mei as a "wizard of the world". The former residence of Sun Shenxing and Sun Xingyan is located at No. 59 Shuangguifang, Changzhou.
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Guan Ganzhen's former residence
Guan Ganzhen (1734-1798), a native of Wujin (present-day Changzhou), Jiangsu, was a scholar in the thirty-first year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1766), and successively served as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the imperial history, the attendant of the Ministry of Works, and the governor of Caoyun, and made many achievements in water conservancy. Guan Ganzhen's former residence is located at No. 64 Yanling West Road, Changzhou.
3. Zhao Yi
Former residence of Zhao Yi
Zhao Yi (1727-1814), a native of Wujin (present-day Changzhou), Jiangsu, was a scholar of the 26th year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1761), a famous historian, poet, and writer, who served as a cabinet secretary, an editor of the Hanlin Academy, the prefect of An Prefecture in Guangxi, the prefect of Guangzhou, and the Guizhou Guixi Bingbei Road, and together with Yuan Ming and Jiang Shiquan, he was called the "Three Great Men of Qianlong". Zhao Yi's former residence is located at No. 8, Changzhou Qianbei Bank.
4. Hong Jiliang
Hong Jiliang's former residence
Hong Liangji (1746-1809), a native of Yanghu, Jiangsu (now part of Changzhou), qianlong in the Qing Dynasty in the fifty-fifth year (1790), a famous scribe and literary scholar, who was a scholar and politician in Guizhou, whose population growth was too fast to be unfavorable to the country, seems to be far-sighted today. The famous dramatist Hong Shen is the sixth grandson of Hong Liangji. Hong Liangji's former residence is located at No. 20, East Lion Lane, Changzhou.
5. Tang Yifen
Former residence of Tang Yifen
Tang Yifen (1778-1853), a native of Wujin (present-day Changzhou), Jiangsu Province. Poet and painter of the Qing Dynasty, he once served as the garrison of the Sanjiang Camp in Yangzhou, the military general of Zhejiang Fubiao, and the deputy general of the Yueqing Association, with versatility and calligraphy and painting. When the Taiping army attacked Jinling (present-day Nanjing), it threw water and martyred the country. Tang Yifen's former residence is located at No. 97 Heping South Road, Changzhou.
6. Sheng Xuanhuai
Sheng Xuanhuai's former residence
Sheng Xuanhuai (1844-1916), a native of Wujin County ,now Changzhou) in Jiangsu Province, was a former Shangshu of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, a comprador, and a representative of the Western affairs school, and was known as the "father of Chinese industry" and "the father of China's higher education". Sheng Xuanhuai's former residence is located at No. 18, Damayuan Lane, Changzhou.
7. Zhuang Yunkuan
Former residence of Zhuang Yunkuan
Zhuang Yunkuan (1866-1932), a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, was the deputy minister of the 16th year of Qing Guangxu (1890), and served as the main lecturer of Xunyang Academy, the Tongzhi of Baise Hall, the prefect of Wuzhou Prefecture, and the border defense inspector of Longzhou, Guangxi; after the Xinhai Revolution, he served as the governor of Jiangsu and the president of the Auditing Yuan, and was one of the early responsible persons of the Palace Museum. Zhuang Yunkuan's former residence is located at No. 198 Yanling West Road, Changzhou.
8. Zhang Tailei
Zhang Tailei's former residence
Zhang Tailei (1898-1927), a native of Wujin (now Changzhou), Jiangsu Province, one of the early important leaders of the Communist Party of China and the main leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, died heroically in the Guangzhou Uprising, and was the first member of the Central Committee and the Politburo in the history of the Communist Party of China to die. Zhang Tailei's former residence is located at No. 3, Ziheli, Changzhou.
9. Qu Qiubai
Former residence of Qu Qiubai
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), born in Changzhou, whose ancestral home was Yixing, Jiangsu, was one of the main leaders of the early Communist Party of China and one of the important founders of China's revolutionary literature, and was killed by the Kuomintang in Changting, Fujian Province, on June 18, 1935. Qu Qiubai's former residence is located at No. 188, Yanling West Road, Changzhou.
10. Shi Liang
Shi Liang's former residence
Shi Liang (1900-1985), a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, one of the "Seven Gentlemen" of the Anti-Japanese Salvation, a contemporary Chinese jurist, politician, social activist, the first minister of the Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China, the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the vice chairman of the National People's Congress, and the chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. Shi Liang's former residence is located at No. 143 Heping South Road, Changzhou.