Sheng, first seen in the Oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty, its original meaning is similar to Cong, generally referring to the acute sense of hearing. Later, it was extended to refer to a person who is proficient in a certain knowledge or skill and has a very high degree of achievement recognized by the world. Chinese cultural history is brilliant, a hundred schools of thought are competing, all walks of life have the ability to excel, skills to reach the level of heaven, achievements are respected by future generations, so they are named "holy" by posterity. There are many able people in history who have been named "holy", of which the 41 saints are the most famous:
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1. Yuan Sheng (also known as Wen Sheng): Zhou Gongdan, Zhou Gongdan was an outstanding politician, military expert, thinker, and educator in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, and was revered as a "Yuan Sheng" and a pioneer of Confucianism. Because Jiang Taigong was good at martial arts, he was known as Wusheng, and Zhou Gongdan was good at wen, so the later sons and hundreds of families honored Zhou Gong as "Wensheng".
2. Wusheng: Jiang Ziya, late Shang dynasty and early Zhou Dynasty, politician, military expert, Tao Strategist, founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, founder of military science. Jiang Ziya was highly respected by future generations, and the emperors and literary and historical classics of all generations respected his ancestors of the warrior family, the martial saint, and the hundred masters.
3. The Most Holy (also known as Wensheng): In addition to Zhou Gongdan being called Wensheng, Confucius was also called Wensheng by posterity. Confucius was an ancient Chinese thinker, statesman, educator, founder of the Confucian school, "Dacheng Most Holy Ancestor", and was also revered by later rulers as Kong Sage, Most Holy, Most Holy Master, Dacheng Most Holy Wenxuan Wang Ancestor, and Wanshi Master. His ideas have had a profound impact on China and the world, and his people are listed as the first of the "world's top ten cultural celebrities".
4. Yasheng: Mencius, a philosopher, thinker, politician, and educator during the Warring States period, was a representative of the Confucian school after Confucius and before Xunzi, and was called "Confucius Meng" with Confucius, and was posthumously awarded the title of "Yasheng" during the Yuan Dynasty.
5. Mou Sheng: OniGuzi, Wang Xue, founder of the Zhongheng family of the Hundred Sons, legendary figure of the Warring States Era. In the history of the famous strategists, the originators of the Zongheng family, the master of the art of war, was respected by later generations as "seeking saints", in the cultural history, Oniguzi is an academic master juxtaposed with Confucius and Laozi.
6. Fusheng: Yan Hui, a Luguo thinker in the late Spring and Autumn Period, a Confucian scholar, the head of the Seventy-Two Sages of Confucius, whose thought is basically consistent with Confucius's thought. Later generations honored him as a "restored saint".
7. Shu Sheng: Kong Ling, a famous thinker in the Spring and Autumn Period. During the Yuan Dynasty, he was posthumously honored as "Shu Shenggong", and his descendants honored him as "Shu Sheng" and was sacrificed by Confucianism.
8. Zongsheng: Thinker of the late Spring and Autumn Period, Confucian master, one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius, the Southern Song Dynasty was crowned "Guogong", the Yuan Dynasty was crowned "Zongshenggong", and during the Ming Dynasty it was renamed "Zongsheng".
9. Shang Sheng: Fan Li, politician, military expert, economist, Taoist scholar in the Spring and Autumn Period, one of the sixty-four generals of ancient and modern times (the sixty-four generals of the Wucheng King Temple). He was an early Chinese business theorist and was revered by later generations as "Shang Sheng".
10. Fasheng: Shang Martin, politician, reformer, thinker, military figure, and representative figure of the Legalist during the Warring States period, was known as "Fasheng".
11. Character Sheng: Xu Shen, a famous scribe and philologist in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Xu Shen made outstanding contributions to Chinese philology and was revered as the "Character Sage".
12. Medical Saint: Zhang Zhongjing, a famous medical scientist at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was respected by posterity as "Medical Saint".
13, wine saint: Du Kang, China is one of the countries with a long history of winemaking in the world, according to legend, he is the minister of the Yellow Emperor, specifically responsible for the management of grain, because of his good winemaking, later generations will respect him as the god of wine, also known as "wine saint"
14. Wusheng: Guan Yu, a famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, after Guan Yu's death, the people highly respected him and honored him as "Guan Gong", and in the Qing Dynasty, he was honored as "Wu Sheng", known as another Martial Saint after Jiang Ziya.
15. Mou Sheng: Zhang Liang, an outstanding minister of the late Qin and early Han Dynasties, a founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty, a politician, and together with Han Xin and Xiao He, he was known as the "Three Masters of the Early Han Dynasty". He was the second person after Oniguzi to be praised by posterity as "Seeking Holiness".
16. Zhisheng: Dongfang Shuo, Western Han Cifujia. Dongfang Shuo was a witty personality, quick in speech, funny and intelligent, and was called "Zhisheng" by posterity.
17. Zhisheng: Zhuge Liang, the Shu Han Dynasty minister during the Three Kingdoms period, was an outstanding politician, military expert, writer and inventor in ancient China, and a representative of loyal subjects and wise men in traditional Chinese culture. He was also the second person after Dongfang Shuo to be honored as "Zhisheng" by posterity.
18, Kesheng: Zhang Heng, an outstanding astronomer, mathematician, inventor, geographer and writer in the Eastern Han Dynasty, made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese astronomy, mechanical technology and seismology, invented the armillary celestial instrument and the ground motion instrument, and was one of the representative figures of the huntian theory in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was later known as "Kesheng".
19. Sword Saint: Pei Min, a figure in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, was an official to the "Great General of Zuo Jinwu". The swordplay is extremely high, and together with Li Bai's poems and Zhang Xu's cursive writing, it is called the "Three Absolute Gems of the Tang Dynasty", and later generations call it "Sword Saint".
20. Di Sheng: Huan Yi, a general, celebrity and musician in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Huan Yi is not only rich in military talent, but also good at playing the flute, known as the "flute saint".
In addition to the above 20 "saints", there are also the well-known "Daosheng" (also known as "Zhesheng") Laozi, "Housheng" Xunzi, "Bingsheng" Sun Wu, "Shisheng" Du Fu, "Shusheng" Wang Xizhi, "Painting Sage" Wu Daozi, "Tea Sage" Lu Yu, "Wensheng" Ouyang Xiu (well-written prose), "Shisheng" Sima Qian, "Caosheng" Zhang Xu, "Lesheng" Li Guinian, "Qisheng" Huang Longshi, "Qisheng" Ma Suiming, "Qisheng" Yan Ziqing, "Qusheng" Guan Hanqing, "Musheng" Lu Ban, "Suansheng" Liu Hong, There are 21 saints such as Qin Sheng Ji Kang, "Carving Sage" Yang Zhizhi, "Medicine Sage" Sun Simiao, "Ghost Sage" Pu Songling and so on.
These 41 saints not only represent their outstanding and unique abilities in various fields, but also represent that I have thousands of years of history in China, with brilliant culture and talents, creating generations of outstanding figures ahead of other countries in the world, symbolizing that my Chinese civilization is a brilliant flower in the great garden of world culture. How many of the above 41 saints are known? (Text: Repentance of the Past)