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Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

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1. Horses step on the swallows

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

The Eastern Han Dynasty bronze galloping horse, also known as Ma Chao Dragon Sparrow, Ma Stepping Feiyan, Copper Galloping Horse, etc., is the Eastern Han Dynasty bronze, unearthed in October 1969 in Gansu Province, Wuwei City, Lei Taihan Tomb, now in the Gansu Provincial Museum. The Eastern Han Dynasty bronze galloping horse is 34.5 cm tall, 45 cm long, 13 cm wide, and weighs 7.15 kg. The image is vigorous and handsome, with a unique style. The horse neighs with its head held high, its torso is strong and its limbs are slender, its legs and hooves are light, and its three legs are soaring and galloping forward, and one foot is stepping on the swallow. See details

2 Onitaniko

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Guiguzi's surname is Wang Mingxu, also known as Wang Chan, and the Taoist name is Xuanweizi. A prominent figure in the Warring States Period, the Huaxia clan, with four flesh moles on his forehead, became the image of a ghost and created the Guigu Sect. A famous strategist, a representative figure of Taoism, a master of the art of war, and the originator of the Zongheng family, he is proficient in a hundred schools of learning, and calls himself Mr. Guigu because he lives in seclusion in Guigu. For more than 2,000 years, the art of war has respected him as a saint, the vertical and horizontal family has respected him as the ancestor, the fortune teller has respected him as the ancestor, the strategist has respected him as the saint, the famous family has respected him as the ancestor, and the Taoists have respected him as the ancestor of Wang Chan. In the history of culture, he is a scholar on a par with Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Han Feizi and other sages.

3 Lao Tzu

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Lao Tzu, surnamed Li Ming'er, the word Dan, a word or said Boyang, born in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Zhou Dynasty, Chen Guoku County (bitter county, ancient county name, historians generally believe that in Luyi County, Henan Province), is the Tang Dynasty emperor posthumously regarded as the ancestor of the surname Li, is a world cultural celebrity, one of the world's 100 historical celebrities, ancient Chinese thinkers, philosophers, writers and historians, the founder and main representative of the Taoist school. Lao Tzu's thought has had a profound impact on the development of Chinese philosophy, and the Tao Te Ching is one of the most widely published works in the world.

4 Zhuge Liang

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Zhuge Liang (181 - October 8, 234), the name Kongming, the name Wolong, Langya Yangdu (now Yinan County, Shandong Province), the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, an outstanding politician, military strategist, diplomat, writer, calligrapher, inventor. Zhuge Liang "did his best and died after his death" in his life, and was a representative figure of loyal ministers and wise men in traditional Chinese culture. Zhuge Liang's prose masterpieces include "The Teacher's Table", "The Book of Commandments", etc., and related inventions include wooden oxen and flowing horses, Kong Ming lanterns, and the transformation of the crossbow, called Zhuge Repeater, etc.

5 Xu Fu

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Xu Shu, the character is straight. A native of Changshe County, Yingchuan County (now Changgedong, Xuchang, Henan). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei was a strategist, and later returned to Cao Cao, and served in Cao Wei. Xu Shu's real name is Xu Fu, and he is a son of a poor family. In his early years, he avenged others, and after being rescued, he changed his name to Xu Shu and sought Taoism. Later, he took refuge in Jingzhou with Shi Guangyuan of the same county, and had close contacts with Sima Hui, Zhuge Liang, and Cui Zhou. When Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye, Xu Shu went to defect and recommended Zhuge Liang to Liu Bei. When Xu Shu went south, because his mother was captured by Cao Cao, Xu Shu had no choice but to say goodbye to Liu Bei and enter Cao's camp. Later, this matter was artistically processed into "Xu Shu entered Cao Ying, without saying a word" and other afterwords, which were widely circulated. And Xu Shu also became a model of filial piety and was praised. During the time of Emperor Wen of Wei, Xu Shuguan was the right middle Lang general and the imperial history Zhongcheng.

6 Qin Shi Huang: Ying Zheng

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Qin Shi Huang (259 BC - 210 BC), surnamed Ying, Zhao, Ming Zheng, also known as Zhao Zheng (Zheng), Qin Zheng, or Zulong, the son of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang. Qin Shi Huang believed that his merits were better than those of the previous Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and adopted the title of "Emperor" of the Three Emperors and the "Emperor" of the Five Emperors to form the title of "Emperor", and was the first monarch in Chinese history to use the title of "Emperor", so he called himself "First Emperor". At the same time, the central government implemented the three public and nine secretaries to manage major national affairs. Locally, the sub-feudal system was abolished and replaced by the county system, with the same text and the same track, and unified weights and measures. Attacking the Xiongnu in the north, conquering Baiyue in the south, building the Great Wall, building the spiritual canal, and communicating the water system. In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang died in the Xingtai sand dunes during his eastern tour.

7 Zhang Liang

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Zhang Liang (c. 250-186 BC), a native of Xinzheng (now Xinzheng City, Henan Province). An outstanding advisor in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, he was known as the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty" together with Han Xin and Xiao He. Zhang Liang's ancestors served as the minister of five generations of Han kings in Yangzhai, the capital of South Korea (now Yuzhou City, Henan Province). strongly persuaded Liu Bang to make peace at the Hongmen banquet, preserve his strength, and dredge Xiang Yuji's father, Xiang Bo, so that Liu Bang could get out smoothly. With excellent resourcefulness, he assisted Liu Bang, the king of Han, to win the Chu-Han War, establish the Han Dynasty, and helped Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, become the crown prince and canonized as a marquis.

8 Liu Bowen

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Liu Ji (July 1, 1311 - May 16, 1375), the name Bowen, was a native of Nantian Township, Qingtian County, Chuzhou (now Wencheng County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang), so he was called Liu Qingtian, a military strategist, politician, and writer in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, and the founding father of the Ming Dynasty. In the third year of Hongwu (1370), he was named Chengyibo, so he was also called Liu Chengyi. Wuzong Zhengde posthumously presented the Taishi in the ninth year, and his nickname was Wencheng, and later generations called him Liu Wencheng and Wencheng Gong. Yuan to Shunjian Jinshi. Botong classics and history, especially the study of weft, the people of the time are better than Zhuge Liang.

9 Shih Tzu

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Xi Shi, the beauty of the Yue country, is generally called Xi Shi, and later generations respectfully call it "Xizi". Born in the late Spring and Autumn period in the village of Lario, Yueguo, since childhood, he followed his mother to the Huansha River, so he is also known as the "Huansha Girl". She is naturally beautiful and charming, and she is the embodiment and synonym of beauty. Xi Shi and Wang Zhaojun, Diao Chan, and Yang Yuhuan are known as the "Four Great Beauties of Ancient China", of which Xi Shi is the first. The four beauties enjoy the reputation of "the appearance of the shy flowers in the closed moon, the appearance of the sinking fish and the geese", among which the "sinking fish" is the classic legend of "Xi Shi Huansha".

10 ginger teeth

Top 10 Legends of Ancient China

Jiang Ziya (c. 1156 BC - c. 1017 BC), also known as Jiang Shang, was a famous Chinese historical figure and a native of the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties. Jiang surname, Lu Shi, Mingshang, a Wang, the word Ziya, or single Hu Ya, alias Fei Xiong, because of his ancestors to assist Yu Ping water and soil meritorious was sealed in Lu, so Lu is the clan, also known as Lu Shang. Legend has it that when Jiang Ziya was 72 years old, he was fishing in the Yanxi River on the shore of Weishui, and met King Wen of Zhou, who was eager to be virtuous, and was named "Taishi" (military attache name), called "Taigong Wang", commonly known as Taigong, and was respected as "Master Shangfu" by King Wu of Zhou.

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