Wensheng, Wusheng, Yasheng, Shisheng, PaintingSheng, Medical Sheng, Tea Sheng, Wine Sheng, Bing Sheng! The Nine Saints of China have a long history and splendid culture, in the long course of history, all walks of life and all fields have formed their own idols and examples of worship, known as "X God" or "X Saint", of which "Nine Saints" are talked about. 1, Wen Sheng, Confucius/Ouyang Xiu2, Wu Sheng, Jiang Ziya/Yue Fei/Guan Yu3, Ya Sheng, Mencius 4, Shi Sheng, Du Fu 5, Painting Sheng, Wu Daozi 6, Yi Sheng, Zhang Zhongjing 7, Cha Sheng, Lu Yu 8, Jiu Sheng, Du Kang 9, Bing Sheng, Sun Wu

Confucius, a native of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, a famous thinker, philosopher, educator, and representative figure of Confucianism, was revered as a "sage of Kong", and the influence of Confucian thought and culture was extremely far-reaching. Confucius was known as the "Sage of Literature" mainly because of the influence of Confucian thought and culture on later generations.

Ouyang Xiu, a famous politician, writer, essayist and poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", and the leader of the Northern Song Dynasty literary circle. Ouyang Xiu was praised as a "wensheng" mainly for his prose achievements and influence on later generations of literature.

Jiang Ziya, a Shang Zhou Shiren, a famous military figure, politician, strategist, assisted the King of Zhou Wu to cut down the Silk, established the Western Zhou, was divided into the State of Qi, Confucianism, Law, Bing, Zongheng and other sons and hundreds of families all chased him as their own family figure, respected as the "Hundred Family Grandmaster", Jiang Ziya before the Southern Song Dynasty has been respected as a martial saint, the first of the ten philosophies of the Martial Temple, but also the "first generation of martial saints".

Yue Fei, a famous anti-Jin general and national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty, led the "Yue Family Army" to resist Jin, was called by the Jin people as "Shaking the Mountain Easy, Shaking the Yue Family Army Difficulty", and was later victimized by Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Zhuo and Qin Juniper, Yue Fei was loyal to the country, respected by the Southern Song Dynasty and later imperial courts, and also enjoyed high prestige in the folk, known as the "Second Generation Martial Saint".

Guan Yu, a native of the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, the main general of the Shu Kingdom, Liu Bei's brother in jieyi, was highly skilled in martial arts, but Guan Yu in the main history was only a general, but he was deified in the novel of Renyi, and was officially canonized by the Qing Dynasty, not only "Martial Saint", but also "God of Martial Wealth", extremely popular, known as the "Third Generation Martial Saint". It can be said that the Qing Dynasty touted Guan Yu's "martial saint" mainly to replace Yue Fei's position, because Yue Fei once fought against the Jurchens, and the Jurchens were the ancestors of the Manchus.

Mencius, a native of zou during the Warring States period, was a famous thinker, philosopher, educator, and representative figure of Confucianism, who was collectively known as "Confucius and Meng" with Confucius, and was the source of Confucian thought, whose people-oriented and good governance ideas had a profound impact on later generations.

Du Fu, a Tang Dynasty man, a great realist poet and a master of the realist style, was depressed all his life, but he was worried about the country and the people, leaving behind countless poems that are famous in history, known as "poetic history", which had a great impact on future generations.

Wu Daozi, a Tang Dynasty, a famous painter, mainly engaged in the creation of religious murals, painting level pure fire, in the Tang Dynasty there was "before the gu lu, after the no comers, Zhang Jie number book toppling, Wu Yi for painting saints" evaluation, the Yuan Dynasty is more known as "hundred generations of painting saints".

Zhang Zhongjing, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a famous medical scientist. There are many famous medical scientists in Chinese history, Zhang Zhongjing had Bian Que before him, Hua Tuo in the contemporaries, and Sun Simiao and Li Shizhen after him, but Zhang Zhongjing was not only highly skilled in medicine, but also authored the medical masterpiece "On Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases", which laid the theoretical foundation of Chinese medicine, is the soul of Chinese medicine, and the title of medical saint is well-deserved.

Lu Yu, a Tang Dynasty person, a lifelong tea lover, proficient in tea ceremony, not only tea tasting, but also good at tea cultivation, tea processing, and wrote the world's first tea monograph - "Tea Classic", tea can become one of the world's three major drinks, Lu Yu is indispensable.

Du Kang, the only person in the "Eight Saints" who is not sure whether it exists, because his era is too far away, some say that it is the Xia and Shang years, some say that it is the emperor era, although it is impossible to verify, but the winemaking industry has called Du Kang zun the grandfather, known as the "wine saint", Du Kang has even become a synonym for wine, even Cao Cao sighed, "How to relieve worries, only Du Kang." ”

Sun Wu, a native of the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period, a famous military figure and representative of the military family, authored thirteen articles of "Sun Tzu's Art of War", which was respected by future generations of martial artists, and was known as the "Holy Code of Military Studies", which had a far-reaching impact in the East and even the world.