The traditional "Ten Saints of China" are: Confucius the Wensheng, Du Fu of the Poetry, Zhang Zhongjing of the Doctor, Sun Wu of the Soldiers, Guan Yu of the Wusheng, Du Kang of the Wine, Sima Qian of The Shisheng, Wang Xizhi of the Book, Wu Daozi of the Painting, and Zhang Xu of the Grass.
Wensheng Confucius:
The founding of Confucianism put forward the idea of "self-denial and retribution, benevolence". He opened education and lobbied the princes with the ambition of helping the people, pouring the character of the Chinese nation with his personality charm and appeal. According to legend, Confucius had 3,000 disciples and 70 gaozu. In his later years, he devoted himself to the collation of literature, such as "Poems" and "Books", which later generations called the "Six Classics" or "Six Arts".
Poetry Saint Du Fu:
The great realist poet of ancient China is known as the "Poetic Saint". He wrote more than 1,400 poems in his lifetime. Originally from Xiangyang, Hubei Province, he was born in Gong County, Henan (now Gongyi City). The distant ancestor was Du Xian, a prominent meritorious figure in the Jin Dynasty, and the ancestor was the early Tang Dynasty poet Du Xianyan, who was his father Du Xian. During the reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang, Guan Zuo picked up the remains. Later, when he entered Shu, his friend Yan Wu recommended him to be a staff officer of Jiannan Jiedu Province, and to be a member of the Inspection School Engineering Department. Therefore, in later generations, he was also known as Du Shiyi and Du Gongbu.
Medical Saint Zhang Zhongjing:
Zhang Zhongjing liked medicine since childhood, studied hard all his life, collected medical prescriptions extensively, and wrote a medical work "On Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases" that melted theory, law, prescription and medicine in one furnace, forming a unique Chinese medical ideological system, which greatly promoted the development of medicine in later generations, and was called "the saint of medicine and the ancestor of Fang zhong" by posterity.
Bing Sheng Sun Wu:
Not to mention that he led troops to sweep through the Chu Kingdom, just by virtue of his "Sun Tzu Art of War", it was enough to establish his position in the history of the warrior family. Today's "Sun Tzu's Art of War" is widely used in the fields of politics, economy, military, philosophy, ideology, culture and other fields, and has also been translated into English, French, German, and Japanese, and its influence can be imagined.
Wusheng Guan Yu:
Wusheng, the earliest known as "Wusheng" is not Guan Yu as we often say, but Jiang Ziya, known as "King Wucheng" during the Tang Dynasty, honored as "Wusheng". In the "Ten Philosophies of the Martial Temple", Jiang Ziya sits in the center, and ten outstanding warriors are sacrificed on the left and right. After the Song Dynasty, due to the development of science, Guan Yu's status improved, and the Qing Dynasty was enshrined as "Zhongyi God Wu Ling You Ren Yong Wei Xianguan Sheng The Great" and revered as "Wu Sheng". Therefore, "Martial Saint" can be said to be both Jiang Ziya and Guan Yu, but Guan Yu is more famous. At least among the people.
Wine Saint Ducan:
In the historical records, Du Kang is the ancestor of China's winemaking industry, and it is precisely because of his unique identity that in ancient times, literati often called wine by his name, so there was a famous verse such as "How to relieve worries, only Du Kang".
Sima Qian:
The great historians, writers, and thinkers of the Western Han Dynasty are known as the "Father of History" and "The Sage of History" in China. The "Records of History" is the first chinese chronicle of the general history he wrote, which is immortal throughout the ages. At the age of 10, he began to study ancient calligraphy. At the age of 20, he roamed south from the Beijing division Chang'an, traveling all over the Jianghuai River Basin and the Central Plains, inspecting customs and collecting legends everywhere he went. In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (108 BC), Sima Qian succeeded his father Sima Tan as Taishi Ling, after which Sima Qian began to write the "Records of History".
Book Saint Wang Xizhi:
At the age of 7, he was good at calligraphy, after years of hard training, he was proficient in calligraphy, cursive writing, calligraphy, and writing, and the strength of the pen was three points into the wood, the gesture was euphemistic and subtle, the beauty and health show, the style was peaceful and natural, the skills were pure and pure, and it became a family of its own, which had a great impact on future generations, and the representative work "Lanting Collection" was known as "the first line of books in the world".
Painting Saint Wu Daozi:
Wu Daozi, from a poor family, first followed Zhang Xu and other masters to learn calligraphy, and later changed to painting, good at innovation, comprehending the skills and essence of painting, creating a folk traditional painting school that has dominated the folk painting world for more than a thousand years, with far-reaching influence, and is revered as "painting saint".
Cao Sheng Zhang Xu:
The great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, famous for his cursive writing, called him "Grass Sage". Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty issued a rare edict to the whole country: Li Bai's poetry, Zhang Xu's cursive writing, and Fei Min's sword dance can become the "three absolutes" in the world.