The Li family has many famous families in history, and there are two main ones that are most famous.
First, the Qin Dynasty originated from the Li family in Longxi County. Their first leader was Li Chong, the governor of Longxi in the Qin Dynasty. The fourth generation grandson is called Li Zhongxiang, who was the governor of Hedong and the general of the Western Conquest. He was later killed on the battlefield.
After that, this Li family passed down for more than 20 generations. In the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty who destroyed the Sui Dynasty and established the Tang Dynasty, was born. The Li family in Longxi produced celebrities in large numbers, and there were 21 prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty alone. Han general Li Guang and Xiliang lord Li Hao were all descendants of the Li family in Longxi. It’s really a wealth of talent.
From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, 13 branches of the Li family in Longxi were derived. They are: Fanyang Li family, respecting Li Xiang (Shang's younger brother), the 6th grandson of Li Chong, as the ancestor; The Dunqiu Li family has Li Zhong, the grandson of Li Guang, as their ancestor; the Bohai Li family has Li Tian, ??the founder; the Shenggongfang Li family, the ancestor Li Qian; the Danyang Li family, the ancestor Li Lun; the Anyi Li family, the ancestor Li Gai; the Zhenyuan general Fang Li The Li family of Pingliang is the ancestor of the Li family; the Li family of Guzang is the ancestor Li Han; the Li family of Dunhuang is the ancestor Li Mao; the Li family of Pushefang is the ancestor Li Chong; the Li family of Jiangjun is the ancestor Li Chengli; the Li family of Wuling is the ancestor Li Chong. (later Wuyang) Li family, the ancestor Li Gang.
The first is the Li family that originated in Zhao County during the Western Han Dynasty. Their ancestor was Li Ji, the fourth brother of Li Chong, who held the official position of Taifu in the Qin Dynasty. His son was Li Mu, the famous Prime Minister of the State of Zhao in history. The reputation of the Li family in Zhaojun was higher than that of the Li family in Longxi before the Tang Dynasty.
The Li family of Zhao County spawned more than 10 Fang faction clans, mainly including: Zhongshan Li family, whose founder was Li Qi, the third son of Li Ji; Yingchuan Li family, the founder Li Bing, the 5th grandson of Li Mu, was the governor of Yingchuan County in the Han Dynasty and lived in Yingchuan; the Li family in Liaodong took Li Bao, the 13th grandson of Li Qi, as their ancestor; the Li family in Jiangxia took Li Jiu, the 5th grandson of Li Bing as their ancestor; Li Shi in Hanzhong The Li family in Xiangcheng has Li Ying, the 8th grandson of Li Bing; the Li family in Changshan has Li Kai as their ancestor. Li Kai is the 6th generation grandson of Li Ying. He escaped from Zhao Wanglun's rebellion in the Jin Dynasty and lived alone in Pingji, Changshan. He had 5 sons, living in three places, forming three houses: Dongzu, Xizu and Nanzu, commonly known as the Pingji Li family; The Guangling Li family is a branch of the Jiangxia Li family, with Li Yuanzhe, the 18th grandson of Li Jiu, as their ancestor. There are many clans of the Li family in Zhao County. In the Tang Dynasty, 17 people served as prime ministers, making them the largest family after the Li family in Longxi.
After the Tang Dynasty, there were still some people who were given surnames by the court and formed the Li family. Most of these people are ethnic minorities. They developed in northern and northwest China, and many later moved to the south of the Yangtze River. The main ones are:
Liu Chengli: There are two. One branch was developed by the family of Li Guangbi, a general of the Tang Dynasty, and was later called the Jinling Li family. The other branch is the family of Li Baochen, an official of Chengde Festival.
The Daibei Li family: comes from Li Guochang of the Shatuo tribe. Li Guochang took the place of Northern Jiedushi with meritorious service, and his son Li Keyong became the king of Jin. Li Keyong's son Li Cunxun established the Later Tang Dynasty and dominated for a while.
Wuwei Li family: Tang general Li Baoyu, whose real surname is An. Their ancestors were the heirs of the Anxi Kingdom and entered China and settled in Luoyang. Their descendants fled the chaos and moved to Wuwei, where they developed into a large clan. When he arrived in Baoyu, he was given the surname Li and moved to Jingzhao. His clan became the Jingzhao Li family.
Li Er, whose courtesy name is Boyang, is known as Laozi and Laodan. Chen Guo was born in the east of Luyi County, Henan Province during the Spring and Autumn Period. In his early years, he served as the curator of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (equivalent to the current librarian). Later, he was dismissed because a large number of classics were brought to Chu during the Zhou Dynasty rebellion.
Then he lived in the State of Lu for many years and had many contacts with Confucius. Confucius once asked Lao Dan about Zhou etiquette and learned Zhou etiquette from him. Later, unable to bear to see the decline of the Zhou Dynasty, he left Chenggu Pass in the west. Ling Yin (official name) who was guarding the pass heard that he was very knowledgeable and asked him to write a book. This led to the "Tao Te Ching" which has influenced China for more than two thousand years. .
In this book, he proposed "governing by doing nothing". It is believed that in order to govern the country well, rulers should not interfere with the people's behavior, do not need education, and let them develop naturally. This view has far-reaching influence. In today's business management theory, some people advocate "governing by doing nothing".
He is the originator of Taoism and believes that Tao is the origin of all things. It puts forward the simple materialist view that Tao generates one, one generates two, two generates three, and three generates all things. His status in the history of Chinese thought is second only to Confucius, the founder of Confucianism.
In feudal society, his thoughts sometimes replaced Confucianism and became the dominant ideological trend of the ruling class. The prevalence of metaphysics in China during the Wei and Jin Dynasties is a clear evidence of this.
Li Shimin was born in Shaanxi Wugong in 599 AD. He has been familiar with military books since he was a child, and he can shoot an arrow through a door panel. His father, Li Yuan, was the nephew of Yang Jian, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty at that time.
When Li Shimin was young, Emperor Yang Jian built palaces, dug the Grand Canal, and spent extravagantly. When Li Shimin was 18 years old, he persuaded Li Yuan to kill the surveillance officers sent by Yang Jian and raise troops in Taiyuan. With Li Shimin's active participation, the Li family and his son defeated the generals all the way and won the hearts of the people. In only half a year, the soldiers were approaching Chang'an.
In March of the following year (618 AD), Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty and established Jian Jian as the prince, Shimin as the king of Qin, and Yuan Ji as the king of Qi. After the Tang regime gained a foothold in Guanzhong, Li Shimin began to fight to unify the world. He defeated Xue Ju who was entrenched in Lanzhou and Tianshui, conquered Taiyuan, and forced the former Sui general Wang Shichong to surrender. In 624 AD, the war to unify China basically came to an end. He is only 24 years old this year.
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Prince Li Jiancheng was afraid that Li Shimin's military exploits would endanger his own status, so he wanted to plot to kill him. Two years later, Li Shimin launched the "Xuanwumen Mutiny", killing Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji, and Li Yuan was forced to abdicate.
After Tang Taizong Li Shimin ascended the throne, he adopted a series of measures to reduce the burden on farmers, develop productivity, streamline administrative agencies, further centralize power, and take measures to actively expand diplomacy. Foreigners in the country refer to Chinese people as "Tang people". To this day, some countries still refer to overseas Chinese as "Tangren" and communities where Chinese live together as "Chinatowns".
During Li Shimin's reign, China's feudal society experienced unprecedented prosperity. "Do not close your house at night and do not pick up lost things on the road" is a concrete portrayal of the prosperous situation at that time. Soon afterwards, the famous "Reign of Zhenguan" appeared in history. He compared the people to water and himself to a boat. "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it." The famous saying about governing the country has been passed down to this day. Li Shimin is worthy of being an outstanding statesman and military strategist in ancient China. Li Bai, courtesy name Taibai, was born in the Western Regions in the first year of Chang'an (701 AD) of Emperor Wu (Wu Zetian) of Tang Dynasty. His family was wealthy since he was a child, and his father had a high degree of literary accomplishment, which gave him a strong interest in learning.
It is said that when he was a boy, he once skipped school for fun and met an old woman grinding an iron pestle (a tool for pounding rice). Li Bai felt very strange and was deeply moved when he learned that the old lady wanted to "grind the iron pestle into a needle". This is the origin of the popular saying "As long as you work hard enough, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle".
At the age of 26, Li Bai left his family and began a wandering career, eager to do something big. At that time, Taoism was regarded as the state religion. People's seclusion to study Taoism was not a simple purpose. The passive seclusion was more out of political motives. Li Bai also failed to escape from the secular world. He made friends with a wide range of people to create conditions for him to realize his political ambitions.
After 16 years of wandering, Li Bai finally gained fame at home and abroad for his outstanding poetry creations such as "Looking at Tianmen Mountain" and "Looking at Lushan Waterfall", and was recruited into the imperial palace by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. When He Zhizhang first came to the capital to read his "The Road to Shu is Difficult", he praised Li Bai four times in a row without finishing a poem, saying that Li Bai was a banished immortal (an immortal who was punished and fell into the human world).
On the day of the interview, Xuanzong gave Li Bai food on the Qibao Bed, spooned it to Li Bai with his own hands, and asked him to serve in the Hanlin Academy (his main responsibility was to draft imperial edicts for the emperor). Xuanzong loved Li Bai's talent, but he only wanted to treat him as a scholar for the imperial court, and did not entrust him with important political responsibilities.
Li Bai has an arrogant character and ignores the powerful. According to historical records, when Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty summoned Li Bai, he saw that he was clear and majestic. He forgot his identity and asked Li Bai to change his shoes like an old friend. Li Bai stretched out his feet and asked Gao Lishi to take off his boots. Gao Lishi was a man of great power, and he harbored a grudge from then on. Later, he used the two sentences in "Qing Ping Tiao Ci" written by Li Bai in response to Emperor Xuanzong's orders, "Who is the likeness of Han Palace? Poor Feiyan Yi Xinzhuang" to provoke Yang Guifei, saying that Li Bai described her as Zhao Feiyan, the concubine of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, who was of low origin. To insult and ridicule her. From then on, Concubine Yang held a grudge and blocked Xuanzong's appointment of Li Bai to official positions three times.
In the third year of Tianbao (744 AD), Li Bai left Chang'an and began his wandering career again.
Li Bai lived in poverty in his later years and died of illness in Dangtu County at the age of 62.
There are more than a thousand poems written by Li Bai. His poetry style is unrestrained and natural, with magnificent colors. He is very good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature. He has rich imagination and wonderful and ethereal artistic conception. He is a poet. The greatest romantic poet in China after Qu Yuan, his poems cover a wide range of topics and have achieved high attainments. Compared with other poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty who were only good at creation in a certain field, their literary historical status is self-evident, as evidenced by Han Yu's poems: "Li Du's poems and prose are as long as the flames."
Lee Kuan Yew was born in Singapore on September 16, 1923. His family has been living in Singapore for more than 100 years, starting with his great-grandfather. His great-grandfather was a native of Dangxi Township, Dabu County, Eastern Guangdong, China, and traveled across the ocean to make a living in Singapore. As a child, his grandfather sent him to an English school.
When he was a student, Lee Kuan Yew won a scholarship from Raffles Institution. Studied at Raffles College for two years. Later, when he studied in Cambridge, England, Lee Kuan Yew won double first place in law subjects. In the year-end examination, he topped the honor list and won the Distinguished Award.
After graduating from university in 1950, Lee Kuan Yew returned to Singapore from London. In the first few years, he acted as lawyer for many trade unions. In 1954, Lee Kuan Yew and his colleagues established the People's Action Party and carried out more in-depth anti-colonial struggles. In 1959, Singapore won autonomy in a joint struggle between political parties. The People's Action Party won a decisive seat in the election. Lee Kuan Yew, who was only 30 years old, came forward to organize the government and served as the first Prime Minister.
Among the group of Asian leaders who emerged after the war, Lee Kuan Yew served the longest and later served as Senior Minister of Singapore. He is now the only remaining Asian leader of that generation who led the country to independence.
"Guangming Daily" and other newspapers commented on him: By any standard, Lee Kuan Yew is a rare outstanding leader in the world. It is his talent and strategy that made Peninsular Malaysia a messy, crowded, and mineral-free country. In the past thirty years, the small port island with abundant resources has become the second largest port in the world, Asia's financial center and international conference center. The average annual income of its people has reached more than 8,000 US dollars, making it the second highest-income country in Asia after Japan. The most modern, tidy, orderly and green garden kingdom.