The top ten stories of inspirational figures in Chinese history

Take stock of the top ten stories of inspirational figures in Chinese history. Many of them are late blooming celebrities. Let’s take a look at what kind of inspiration these historical celebrities have given us. Enlightenment. The following brings you the stories of the top ten inspirational figures in Chinese history, come and take a look.

1. Jiang Shang

Because it is so long ago, Jiang Shang’s birth and death dates are unreliable. Legend has it that he lived to be 100 years old. This is a legend after all. But it is definitely okay to say that Jiang Taigong was a late bloomer. It's very representative and legendary, but maybe not many people have such luck. Of course, your own strength is also crucial.

When Jiang Shang was young, he slaughtered cattle and sold meat in Chaoge, the Shang capital (now Qixian County, Henan Province), and then went to Mengjin (now northeast of Mengjin County, Henan Province) to do a liquor business. Although he was poor, he had great ambitions, studied hard, and tirelessly studied and explored ways to govern and rejuvenate the country, hoping that one day he would be able to make great achievements and serve the country. It was not until his later years that he finally got the opportunity to display his talents. While assisting King Wen of Zhou, Jiang Shang formulated a series of correct domestic and foreign policies to strengthen Zhou and destroy Shang. After the death of King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, King Wu Jifa succeeded to the throne and worshiped Jiang Shang as his national master, respectfully calling him Master Shangfu. Jiang Shang continued to assist the Zhou Dynasty in government affairs. In the eleventh year of King Wu's reign, King Wu raised his troops to attack Zhou and won a great victory in Muye. After the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Shang was granted the title of Qi and his capital was Yingqiu (today's Linzi North, Linzi City) for his meritorious service in destroying the Shang Dynasty.

There is an old saying in China: "Tai Gong met King Wen at the age of eighty." Probably an exaggeration. But I remember reading there that Jiang Shang was worshiped as a national master at the age of 72, which is more credible. Whether you meet King Wen at eighty or become the prime minister at seventy, it is enough to encourage each of us

2. Wu Chengen

Wu Chengen has actually been famous in his hometown since he was a child. When I was a child, I was diligent and eager to learn. I could read ten lines in one glance and memorize them as I read them. He is good at painting and calligraphy. He likes to write lyrics and music. He is also proficient in Go. He also likes to collect calligraphy and painting stickers of famous people. As a boy, he became famous in his hometown for his outstanding literary talent. However, his famous work "Journey to the West" was written very late.

He was born into a family where an academic official became a businessman, and his family was poor. Wu Cheng'en was extremely smart since he was a child. "Huai'an Prefecture Chronicles" records that he was "sensitive and intelligent, well-versed in books, and wrote poems and essays." However, he failed in the scientific examination, and he was not recognized as "Sui Gong Sheng" until middle age. Later, he lived in Nanjing, and for a long time he relied on selling literature to support his family. In his later years, he was appointed as the magistrate of Changxing County due to his poor family. He could not stand the darkness of the officialdom, so he resigned angrily and died in poverty. After the age of 30, he had already "filled his chest" with the anecdotes he was searching for, and he had plans to create. When he was about 50 years old, he wrote the first dozen chapters of "Journey to the West", but then stopped for many years for some reasons. It was not until he resigned and returned to his hometown in his later years that he was able to officially write "Journey to the West". Wu Chengen, who lived in poverty all his life, worked hard to complete the famous "Journey to the West" at home and abroad. He passed away in about the tenth year of Wanli (82 years old) with a mixture of sadness and joy.

It is said that Wu Chengen officially wrote "Journey to the West" at the age of 72. For those of you who are older and have failed in academia, politics, or business, you may consider writing a novel, and maybe you can become a great master.

3. Chong'er

In order to take refuge, the 43-year-old Jin Wengong began to live a life of exile. It can be said that he was homeless and suffered all kinds of hardships. This Spring and Autumn Overlord who was able to return to China after 19 years of traveling abroad and immediately dominated the Central Plains, his life is full of legends.

In 656 BC, Chong'er was persecuted by the Liji Rebellion and left Jiang, the capital of the Jin State, and went to Pucheng. His father Jin Xianggong sent Bo Di to murder Chong'er. Bo Di cut off Chong'er's sleeve. Chong'er managed to escape by climbing a wall and began his life in exile. In 636 BC (age 62), Duke Mu of Qin escorted Chong'er back to Jin. Chong'er ascended the throne and was called Duke Wen of Jin. After ascending the throne, he gained high prestige among the princes. Jin Wengong, who had been wandering for 19 years, experienced all the ups and downs of the world. He defected to Qi, Cao, Chu, Qin and other countries successively. Some kings treated him with courtesy, while others gave him cold words. When he was in the state of Cao, Duke Cao heard that Chong'er's ribs were connected together. He was very curious, so he took a peek at Chong'er's naked body while he was taking a bath. (A king actually likes to see strange things). In 633 BC, Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was surrounded by the Chu army.

At the beginning of 632 BC (65 years old), Duke Wen of Jin led his troops to rescue the Song Dynasty. In order to repay the Chu State for its hospitality when he was in exile abroad, he ordered the army to retreat three houses (ninety miles) and attack in Chengpu (now south of Pu County, Shandong Province). Defeated the Chu army. Duke Wen of Jin presided over the Jiantu Alliance and became the overlord. In the winter of 628 BC (69 years old), Duke Wen of Jin passed away.

4. Huang Zhong

Huang Zhong appeared in the Three Kingdoms late and became famous very late, but I think he may have been a little famous when he was young, but he did follow him when he got older. Liu Bei later became famous, especially in the battle of Dingjun Mountain, where he killed the famous general Xia Houyuan and shocked the world. Later, Liu Bei named him the rear general, which may have a lot to do with this battle.

Huang Zhong had been serving Liu Biao of Jingzhou when he was young. He was appointed by Liu Biao as Zhonglang General and stationed in You County, Changsha (today's You County, Zhuzhou, Hunan, Huwen's hometown) with Liu Biao's nephew Liu Pan in 20 AD. In the 8th year, Cao Cao occupied Jingzhou and temporarily appointed him as General Pi. He was stationed in the same place and belonged to Han Xuan, the governor of Changsha. In 209 AD, Liu Bei attacked various counties in Jingzhou and occupied Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling and other places. Huang Zhong surrendered to Liu Bei. In 211 AD (age 64), Huang Zhong followed Liu Bei to Sichuan and fought in Yizhou. He performed outstandingly and won the three armies bravely. After pacifying Yizhou, Liu Bei named him the general against the captives. In 219 AD (72 years old), Liu Bei attacked Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong. Huang Zhong killed Wei's experienced guard Xia Houyuan in one battle. Cao's army was defeated miserably, and Huang Zhong became famous ever since. Later Huang Zhong was promoted to the general of Zhengxi. In 219 AD, Liu Bei established himself as the King of Hanzhong and appointed Huang Zhong as his general. In 220 AD, Huang Zhong died of illness at the age of 73 and was posthumously named Ganghou.

5. Murong Chui

Murong Chui bravely won the championship in the three armies since he was a child, and was deeply loved by his father Murong Huang. Later, he was forced to leave by Taifu Murong Ping, and he endured the humiliation and heavy burden under Fu Jian for decades. Only when his beard and hair turned white did he regain control of the Yan family. He can be regarded as a late bloomer.

Murong Chui was the fifth son of Murong Wei, the founding emperor of the former Yan State, and his uncle. He was favored by Murong Huang, and later appreciated by Murong Ke. He was once the commander-in-chief of the vanguard and the former king of Yan and Wu. In 369, Jin general Huan Wen led his army to attack Qian Yan and retreated at Fangtou. Murong Chui pursued with 30,000 cavalry to Xiangyi (now Suixian County, Henan) and defeated the Jin army. Later, he was forced to leave by the Taifu Murong Ping, and he surrendered to the former Qin Dynasty with his wife. During the Battle of Feishui, the offensive was assigned to attack Xiangyang. He secretly preserved his strength and rebelled after the defeat of the former Qin Dynasty. Murong Chui united with Xianbei and Wuhuan to establish Later Yan, led an army of 200,000 to attack Ye, and captured Yecheng a year later.

Proclaimed himself emperor in 386 (60 years old) and made his capital Zhongshan (Dingzhou City, Hebei Province). In 393 (67 years old), Murong Hong's Xiyan regime was eliminated. Due to the detention of the younger brother of King Tuoba Gui of the Northern Wei Dynasty, relations with the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was originally a vassal state, deteriorated. In 395 (69 years old), Prince Murong Bao conquered the Northern Wei Dynasty and was defeated in the Battle of Shenhebei. The following year, Murong Chui fought back, but died of illness during the expedition.

6. Qu Yuan

In fact, it may not be appropriate to describe Qu Yuan as a late bloomer, but I think the peak of Qu Yuan's literary achievements was indeed relatively late. This is related to his rough experience. In his early years, Qu Yuan wanted to be a loyal minister who would be loyal to his emperor and serve his country. Perhaps he could not devote too much energy to literature, but he was ostracized in the political arena. It was only after he was exiled that the great "Li Sao" came out.

In the twenty-fourth year of King Huai’s reign, Qin and Chu formed an alliance with Huang Ji, and Chu State completely fell into the arms of Qin. Qu Yuan was also expelled from Yingdu and arrived in northern Han Dynasty. , Thirty years after King Huai, Qu Yuan returned to Yingdu. In the same year, Qin invited King Huai to meet at Wuguan. King Huai was detained by Qin and eventually died in Qin. After King Xiang of Chu came to the throne, he continued to implement the surrender policy. Qu Yuan was expelled from Yingdu again and exiled to the south of the Yangtze River, wandering between Yuan and Xiang. Between two waters. In the 21st year of King Xiang of Chu (62 years old), Qin general Bai Qi attacked Yingdu. Qu Yuan was so sad and angry that he sank into the Miluo River and sacrificed his political ideals.

The poet had spent most of his life writing "Li Sao". In order to realize his political ideals, he was constantly squeezed and attacked by the decadent aristocratic group. At this time, he was exiled again and reached the point where he had no way to save the country; and the Chu State was also brought from a promising country to the verge of destruction. Desperate situation. The poet looked forward and backward, and was filled with emotion. He melted his deep feelings of persisting in struggle and failing to realize his patriotic ideals into this exciting poem.

"Li Sao" expresses the poet's fighting spirit of dedicating himself to the motherland for his lofty ideals through his unremitting struggle throughout his life and his steadfast action of sacrificing his ideals; it also expresses his deep patriotic feelings of sharing the same fate with the motherland and the survival of the nation; it also expresses It reflects his glorious and pure personality that loves progress and hates darkness.

It is said that Qu Yuan is also one of the four major cultural celebrities in the world (along with Copernicus of Poland, Shakespeare of England, and Dante of Italy).

7. Liu Bang

Liu Bang should be regarded as a typical late bloomer. In addition to being surprisingly lucky, I think he also has his own merits. In September of the first year of Qin II (209 BC), Liu Bang gathered a crowd in Peixian County to respond to Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. The uprising was called Pei Gong. At this time, Liu Bang was already 47 years old. Even if he wants to start a career at 47 years old, he feels that he is old. A 47-year-old person more than 2,000 years ago may be equivalent to a 67-year-old person today. . Not to mention the gap from a small cadre in a county to the top leader of the country.

Liu Bang's revolutionary cause progressed very rapidly. In October 206 BC (only 3 years ago), Liu Bang entered the Hegemony. Above. Prince Ying of Qin surrendered, and Qin was destroyed. After entering the Pass, Liu Bang abolished Qin's harsh laws and made a three-part agreement with the elders in Guanzhong: "Those who kill will die, and those who injure others will be punished." " Therefore, he was welcomed by the people. After Xiang Yu defeated the main force of the Qin army, Liu Bang listened to Zhang Liang's advice and went to Hongmen in person. He spoke humbly. Xiang Yu named Liu Bang the King of Han and ruled the Bashu and Hanzhong areas. Liu Bang was unwilling to accept the victory of the revolution. The fruit was monopolized by Xiang Yu, who led his army eastward and launched the four-year Chu-Han War. In the winter of the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang invited Han Xin, Peng Yue and others to lead an army to attack the Chu army in Gaixia. Xiang Yu led his troops to break out and committed suicide at Wujiang River. In February of that year (at the age of 55), Liu Bang ascended the throne and established his capital in Luoyang, and soon moved to Chang'an, which was known as the Western Han Dynasty.

Generally speaking, "from slave to general" means a person's leap, and Liu Bang. He completed the leap from pavilion chief to emperor in 8 years, which is even more impressive.

8. Gou Jian succeeded to the throne at the age of 23, and was defeated shortly after he succeeded. The powerful Wu State can be said to be satisfied, but of course Gou Jian is still considered "successful" at this time, because the powerful Wu State is fighting for blood and humiliation, and a disaster will soon befall the young king and him.

Helu was injured and died. His son Fucha was determined to take revenge. He took the initiative to attack Wu in the following year and had a fierce battle with Wu soldiers in Fujiao Mountain (now southwest of Wu County, Jiangsu Province). The Vietnamese soldiers were defeated. Gou Jian withdrew his troops to Kuaiji Mountain (now south of Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and used Fan Li's strategy to beg for peace with Wu. In the fifth year of his reign, Gou Jian led his wife and minister Fan Li to the state of Wu to serve as a hostage to Wu. When they arrived at the capital of Wu, Gou Jian endured the humiliation. , claimed to be a humble minister, and was extremely respectful to the King of Wu. He ate coarse grains, slept in a stable, and performed hard labor. "Serve Fu Chai carefully, be obedient, raise horses, and have his wife provide water, remove manure, and sweep. For three years, he has not been sullen or resentful. He is better than Fu Chai's servants.

Gou Jian's seventh year (30 years old) After returning to Vietnam, in order to encourage himself not to forget the revenge, he put a piece of gall in the room instead of laying a mattress, and tasted it before every meal. "The origin of the allusion. Ten years of gatherings and ten years of lessons. Finally, Gou Jian took advantage of Wu's struggle for hegemony in the Central Plains. The domestic emptiness and domestic natural disasters defeated Wu. In the twenty-fourth year of Gou Jian's reign (47 years old), Wu was besieged for three years and the city was destroyed. , Fucha committed suicide. Wu died. Later, Gou Jian sailed to the north, and the Song, Zheng, Lu, Wei and other countries surrendered, and moved their capital to Langya (now Jiaonan, Shandong), and formed an alliance with the princes of Qi and Jin, and it was formalized by King Zhou Yuan. Recognized as the overlord.

"Those who are determined can achieve their goals, and if they work hard, they can devour Wu with three thousand soldiers."

This person is here. The most famous art master in modern Chinese painting also started late and had a poor foundation. Qi Baishi grew up in a poor family and had been farming for generations. He only went to a private school with his grandfather before he was 12 years old. He cut firewood, herded cattle, and farmed, and he did all kinds of work. He studied carpentry at the age of 15 and started carving and woodworking at the age of 15 to support his family. At this time, no one even thought that he would become a master and receive a series of honors.

It’s hard to say when Qi Baishi could be called “Cheng”. I think he was already famous when he was a young and middle-aged man, but what is certain is that he began to boldly break through and change himself after the age of 56. It was only after his painting style that he became famous.

In 1949, he was elected as a member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a member of the All-China Artists Association. In 1952, he was appointed as honorary professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, research librarian of the Central Museum of Literature and History, chairman of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, and honorary president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Academy. He was elected as a deputy to the first National People's Congress. In 1953, he was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Central Ministry of Culture. In 1955, he was awarded the honorary certificate of "Corresponding Academician" by the German Democratic Republic and the Chinese Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1956, he won the 1955 International Peace Prize from the World Peace Council. In 1957, he served as the honorary president of the Chinese Painting Academy in Beijing and passed away on September 16 of the same year. He died at the age of 95.

10. Su Xun

It is said that when Su Xun was young, he did not study hard and spent his days in a muddle. He often went horse racing and traveled with a group of "husbands and dogs" until I didn't realize it until I was twenty-seven, so I studied hard. After studying for more than a year, I thought I was ready, so I went to take the Jinshi exam, but I failed. This made him realize that learning is not easy, and you have to work hard to get results. From then on, he declined guests and studied behind closed doors, working day and night without letting go of the scroll. After studying so hard for five or six years, my literary talent finally improved greatly, and I could write thousands of words in an instant as if I was inspired.

In the first year of Renzong Jiayou's reign, he led Su Shi and Su Che to Bianjing to pay a visit to Ouyang Xiu, a Hanlin scholar. Ouyang Xiu admired his "Book of Quan", "Lun of Heng", "Several Strategies" and other articles, and thought they were comparable to those of Jia Yi and Liu Xiang, so he recommended them to the court. At that time, officials and officials rushed to recite it, and its reputation became very popular. In the third year of Jiayou's reign, Renzong summoned him to take the examination in Sherenyuan. He refused to answer the call because he was ill. In the fifth year of Jiayou's reign (52 years old), he was appointed as Secretary and Provincial Secretary.

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The top ten legendary figures in the history of Chinese futures

1. The founder of China’s futures industry: Rong Zongjing

1919 , Japanese businessmen have opened a reference exchange (i.e. futures exchange) in Shanghai. The Japanese operate futures trading of flour, wheat bran, cotton, etc., control the prices of raw materials and finished products, and ultimately control Chinese businessmen. After the May 4th Movement broke out, a wave of boycotts of Japanese goods started in China. Rong Zongjing took the opportunity to unite with other industrialists and businessmen to reorganize the Shanghai Machine-made Flour Association Trading House into the China Machine-made Flour Shanghai Exchange on March 1, 1920. It will officially open to the public on August 14th.

This is the first futures exchange established by the Chinese in Shanghai, handling flour and bran futures transactions. Soon, Rong Zongjing struck while the iron was hot and established the Gauze Exchange in 1921, which was officially listed in Shanghai to handle cotton yarn futures transactions. Since then, the price dominance of flour and gauze futures has been regained. It can be seen that Rong has truly realized the two blossoms of industry and finance, and is worthy of being the founder of China's local futures. Rong Zongjing not only speculated in commodities, but also engaged in foreign exchange trading: after the May 30th Incident, the country once again launched a movement to boycott Japanese goods. He seized the opportunity and staged a short-selling operation of the Japanese yen, and finally made a net profit of 4 million oceans, while several major Japanese consortiums suffered heavy losses.

2. Pioneer of China’s futures industry: Tian Yuan

After several years of accumulation, in the late 1980s, Tian Yuan, then director of the Marketing Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, began to actively engage in futures Market research and proposed the idea of ??establishing a futures market. In 1986, Tian Yuan visited the United States as a member of the China Economic System Reform Delegation and conducted an in-depth inspection of the U.S. futures market. After returning from his inspection tour in the United States, Tian Yuan listed futures market research as a key topic of the Development Research Center of the State Council and reported it to the leaders of the State Council. Soon, the Development Research Center of the State Council and the National Restructuring Commission jointly established a futures market research working group, with Tian Yuan as the group leader. Many members of this group later became well-known figures in the Chinese futures industry—Chang Qing, currently the vice president of the China Futures Association and chairman of Jinpeng Futures Brokerage Co., Ltd.; Zhu Yuchen, the current president of the Dalian Commodity Exchange manager. Since then, the China Futures Market Working Group has begun to gradually promote the establishment of a futures market in China. And jointly with 8 ministries and commissions, a report on pilot futures market in Zhengzhou was submitted to the State Council for approval. This is how it was decided that China’s futures market would be piloted in Zhengzhou.

3. China’s first batch of futures trading masters: Gong Wei

Gong Wei is China’s first batch of futures trading masters. In the 1990s, he dominated mung beans with artificial high-frequency trading. Contracts and rubber contracts; he started to work in foreign exchange after 2002. In 2008, he went to Chicago and New York alone to work for famous overseas hedge fund companies and engaged in foreign exchange trading; he made hundreds of millions of dollars in profits successively; his reputation was famous in overseas exchanges; in the first year in the United States On the CME exchange, he was the most profitable retail investor. The CEO of CME was surprised and invited him to have a chat. He performed short-term trading in public and made tens of thousands of dollars in a short time. In 2014, it launched global hedge funds through China Merchants Fund and became a pioneer in cross-border transactions through fund QDII channels. He was generous and bold, and loved to drink. Unfortunately, he was jealous of talents. Mr. Gong Wei passed away due to illness at 7 pm on August 25, 2014, at the age of 43, after rescue efforts failed! Mr. Gong Wei devoted his whole life to the research and practice of trading and rarely appeared in the public eye. Unfortunately, no photo of Gong Wei was found on the entire Internet.

4. Ge Boss: Ge Weidong

Ge Weidong, known as "Ge Boss" in the world, started doing futures in 2000, and his positions were liquidated twice. In 2004, he rose rapidly and became a generation of futures traders. Hero. After more than ten years of bloodshed, he claimed to have "no rivals" and was eager to challenge Ye Dahu. The average annual return rate in the past six years was 120%, and he was fined 10 million yuan for not following the rules. The current assets have reached 12 billion.

5. China’s Soros: Ye Qingjun

Ye Qingjun, currently the chairman of Zhejiang Dunhe Investment Co., Ltd., graduated from Anshan Iron and Steel Institute. He started with RMB 100,000 in 2003 and was worth over RMB 5 billion in 2008. He created tens of thousands of times of investment income and established himself as the No. 1 player in the futures market. He has created the idea that those who follow the trend may not win and those who go against it will. The myth of loss. Currently worth tens of billions, he is China’s Soros, and no one in the domestic futures industry can surpass him.

6. The Soup Savage: Lin Guangmao

Lin Guangmao, known in the world as the "Soup Savage", specializes in making cotton and is known as the Cotton Wonder. In 2010, he was long cotton, and in 2011 he was anti-short, from 6 million to 2 billion. In 2012, he was long cotton and suffered heavy losses. When Shanghai Qingze Investment Company was established, it admitted a loss of about 700 million. After that, Savage temporarily withdrew from futures and practiced in Huashan. A recent summary of the reasons for failure: after making a lot of money, confidence is over-inflated, thinking that one can do anything, and wanting to take on important responsibilities that can only be shouldered by the country.

7. Peasant Philosopher: Fu Haitang

Fu Haitang was born as a farmer. He raised pigs for six years and planted cotton, garlic, etc. He started doing futures in 2000, starting from 50,000 to 120 million in the first two years. He is a legend in the domestic futures industry. He does not look at any technical charts or do any technical analysis. He uses the "Way of Heaven" thinking to understand and analyze the market, guide the operation direction and Rhythm has the purest and simplest investment ideas and is known as the "peasant philosopher".

8. Brother Huang: Huang Wei

Huang Wei, a capital tycoon, is known as "Brother Huang". In 1991, I made my first pot of gold from the stock market with 20,000 yuan, and then switched to futures. Later, he made 1 billion in commodity futures. He started investing in the real estate industry in 1994 and currently controls 3 listed companies with a net worth of 22 billion. He is low-key and still plays futures. In 2012, he made about 500 million from thread and copper.

9. Short-term Master: Zhang Wenjun

Started investing in bank bonds in 1992 and first entered the financial market. In April 1993, he applied for the first international futures company in Dalian and became one of the first batch of brokers in Dalian's futures industry. Later, he served as business manager, investment consultant and trader for many companies. I started personal futures investment in 1996 with 100,000 yuan, and it took only 5 years (1997-2001) to earn more than 10 million yuan. Since 1999, his personal account trading volume has ranked first in the DCE for consecutive years (reaching more than 3 million lots in 2001), and he has been awarded by the DCE.

10. The "Inspirational Brother" in the investment world: Lin Jun

Known as the "Inspirational Brother" in the investment world, he has entered the market with only three thousand yuan to own several billions. MBA from Tongji University, Chairman of Shanghai Hongkai Investment Co., Ltd., Chairman of Xiangranhui Financial Club, Director of Shanghai Yixin Weiye Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd.

He started to enter the Chinese stock market in 1992 and has been in the market for more than 20 years. He has experienced the expired copper bull market, the A-share bull market, the soybean bull market, the commodity collapse caused by the financial crisis, and the bull market feast caused by the bailout. In the midst of stumbles, Lin Jun went from entering the market with 3,000 yuan to now owning billions of assets, and combined his collecting interests with investment. ;