Second, Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Culture is second only to Suzhou, but the number of scholars will not be less than Suzhou. Scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasties 1034. In the Song Dynasty, because the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty was Lin 'an, and the political, economic and cultural centers moved south, Hangzhou was definitely the place with the most literati. Celebrities of Hangzhou Jinshi: Shen Kuo, Yu Qian, Yuan Mei and Gong Zizhen.
Changzhou, Jiangsu: It is said that the number of ancient talents is the fourth in China. From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were 546 liberal arts champions 1 person, including 9 champions, 8 champions, and Tanhua 1 person. The above figures do not include counties in Changzhou. Zhao Yi, Yang Laker (now Changzhou), spent twenty-six years in Qianlong (176 1) exploring flowers. It turned out that he ranked first in the imperial examination, and Wang Jie in Shaanxi ranked third. However, Gan Long believes that there are too many top scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and at that time, they were fighting against the northwest, so it is necessary to pay attention to the northwest. There was no champion in Shaanxi, so the two papers were exchanged, and Wang Jie became the only champion in Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty. Although the number one scholar is not far from exploring flowers, their fate is very different from now on. Wang Jie rose to the top, but everything went wrong for Zhao Yi. In the end, he only became a soldier. Later, he resigned as a lecturer in Anding Academy, studied the history of poetry, and became a generation of poets, poets and historians, including Ou Bei Ji.
Fourth, Fuzhou, Fujian: 19 literary champions of past dynasties; There were 34 scholars in the Tang Dynasty, 2,247 scholars in the Song Dynasty (including famous scholars) and 933 scholars in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which were rare in the imperial examinations. A list of top three candidates: in the first year of Jiading, (1208), Zheng Xingzhi (Hou), Sun Deyu (Fuqing) and the top scholar (Hou) were all from Fuzhou. No.1 scholar in three subjects: from the second year to the eighth year of Song Dynasty (A.D.1166-172), Yongfu County (now Yongtai County) was the first scholar in the imperial examination for three consecutive years, breaking the historical record with the title of "No.1 scholar in seven counties". Lin Zexu, a national hero, was an official of the later dynasty. In the 16th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (18 1 1), he was a scholar.
5. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province: According to the list of scholars in the local chronicles of past dynasties, there are 12 16 people in Shaoxing City and Shaoxing County alone, among whom 1 1 person is the champion, 7 people are the runner-up and 5 people are exploring flowers. Shaoxing Jinshi celebrities: He, Lu You and Cai Yuanpei.
6. Ji 'an, Jiangxi: There are about 3,000 literati in previous dynasties. Among them, there were 4,296, 65,438+065,438+0,65,438+034,33 scholars in Luling County (now Ji 'an City) in Southern Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty respectively. Scholars of Nantang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in Taihe County are 1, 140, 3, 204, 1 1 respectively. The number of Southern Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing scholars in Jishui County was 1, 202, 20, 2 17, 22 respectively, and the number of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing scholars in Anfu County was 65438 respectively. Celebrities of Ji 'an Jinshi: Ouyang Xiu (provincial yuan, namely Huiyuan), Wen Tianxiang (No.1 scholar), Yang Wanli,.
7. Ningbo, Zhejiang: From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were 2,483 scholars in Ningbo, including 693 in Yinxian and 436 in Yuyao in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Yuyao, a great thinker named Wang Shouren Yangming, was born a scholar, and his father Wang Huawei was the number one scholar in the seventeenth year of Chenghua (148 1). Fan Qin, a native of Yinxian County, founded the "Tianyi Pavilion" library and was also a scholar in the Ming Dynasty.
8. Putian, Fujian: Putian is a "famous literary country", with 2,308 people in the past dynasties, including/kloc-0,666 people (including celebrities) in the Song Dynasty, 533 people in Xinghua in the Ming Dynasty (the first in the country in terms of counties), and only 50 people in the Qing Dynasty (a great retrogression).
9. Quanzhou, Fujian: From the eighth year of Tang Zhenyuan (792) when Ouyang Zhan first appeared on the "Dragon and Tiger List" to the thirtieth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1904), there were 1773 Jinshi in Quanzhou in ancient times, among which Jinjiang County (including the three districts of Quanzhou, namely Jinjiang and Shishi now) had/kloc-.
10. Huizhou, Anhui Province: about 2,000 people, with the reputation of "connecting three halls of science" and "four Hanlin in ten miles". According to Xu Chengyao, a scholar in Shexian County, Guangxu, during the 248 years from the third year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty to the twentieth year of Guangxu, there were more than 290 registered scholars who were born and raised in Shexian County. Xiuning liberal arts champion 16.