The most powerful official in Jianli history was Chen Youliang.

1. Chen Youliang, the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Yuan Dynasty (1320-October 3, 1363), whose original surname was Xie, was a working fisherman and a native of Yusha, Mianyang, Hubei (now Zhemu Township, Jianli County, Hubei Province).

The founder of the pseudo-"Han" regime in the late Yuan Dynasty.

He was a county official when he was young.

After the Peasant War broke out at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he joined the Tianwan Red Scarf Army led by Xu Shouhui, Zou Pusheng, Ni Wenjun and others. He started as a bookkeeper and later was promoted to marshal due to his merit.

In September of the seventeenth year of Yuan Zhizheng (1357), Ni Wenjun failed in his attempt to murder Xu Shouhui, so he fled to Huangzhou and went to Chen Youliang. Chen Youliang killed Ni Wenjun and presented his head to Xu Shouhui.

He won the trust of Xu Shouhui, and later controlled Xu Shouhui to lead his army, and finally killed him.

2. The Shen family of Shen Baoxu was named Baoxu, also known as Wangsun Baoxu. The year of birth and death is yet to be determined.

A native of Xingou Town, Jianli, Jingzhou.

A senior official of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Originally friendly with Wu Zixu.

In the seventh year of King Ping of Chu (522 BC), Wu Zixu fled Chu due to his father's unjust case. In the tenth year of King Chu Zhao (506 BC), the King of Wu used Wu Zixu's plan to defeat Chu and enter Ying.

Shen Baoxu withdrew with King Zhao and moved around the country.

Later, he invited himself to Qin and asked Duke Ai of Qin to send troops to rescue Chu.

When he was not allowed to do so at first, he did not eat for seven days and cried in the Qin court day and night.

Duke Ai was so moved that he finally agreed to send 500 military chariots to the rescue.

Under the counterattack of the Qin and Chu armies, the Chu people drove away the Wu troops and regained the capital of Ying.

After Shen Baoxu returned to Ying, King Zhao wanted to reward him. He claimed that the request for reinforcements was for the people of Chu and refused to accept the reward.

Then he lived in seclusion in the mountains to spend the rest of his life. 3. Wu Zixu Wu Zixu (559 BC-484 BC).

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, he was a senior official of the Wu State, a military strategist and a strategist.

Mingyuan (yinyun, second tone of yun), named Zixu.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, he was the second son of Wu She, an official of the Chu State. His ancestor's original surname was Qian, and his given name was Huang. Because of his meritorious service in the Zhou Dynasty, he was given the title of Wu Zhe Gong, and his descendants took Wu as their surname.

A native of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period.

He was a native of Huangxiekou Town, present-day Jianli County. There is a statue of him outside the (old) county station (opposite the street).

Wu Zixu's father is Wu She, and Wu Yuan's brother is Wu Shang.

Wu Zixu was originally from Chu.

He has a strong nature. When he was a teenager, he was good at literature and martial arts, brave and resourceful.

In the twenty-third year of King Zhou Jing's reign (522 BC), he was framed by Fei Wuji, the young master of the Chu crown prince, and his father and brother were killed by King Chu Ping. He fled the Chu Kingdom and vowed to overthrow the Chu Kingdom to avenge the murder of his relatives.