The term "Zou Lu on the seaside" is an allusion among allusions. In the second year of Xianping (999), Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, Chen Yaozuo, who served as Secretary Lang in the imperial court and promoted official in Kaifeng Prefecture, was demoted to Chaozhou Tongpan (a position slightly less than the prefecture and prefect of the prefecture, but in charge of co-signing prefectures and governors) for disobeying the emperor's will. government official affairs and supervisory officials’ real power). Although Chen Yaozuo, who was only 37 years old, had been in Chaozhou for less than two years, he cared about the people's poverty and attached great importance to education. He "built Confucian temples and Korean ancestral halls, and led the outstanding people of the state to study" (Chaozhou Prefecture Chronicle). He also organized people to hunt and kill crocodiles and eliminate harm for the people, which was highly praised by the people of Chaoshan. Chen Yao was in charge of Chao Ai Chao. After being recalled to Beijing, he was gradually promoted from an admonishing doctor to a prime minister. When he was in the capital, he was still attached to Chaozhou and wrote poems to encourage and congratulate Chaozhou scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam. There was a king in Chaozhou who went to Beijing to take the examination and was on the list. Chen Yaozuo was very happy and wrote a poem "Send Wangsheng and His Majesty Back to Chaoyang" as a gift to him: "I have lived in the wilderness of the city, and I have received a fairy branch to shine in my hometown. From now on, it will be a fairy tale." "Chaoyang" in the poem refers to the Chaozhou area. The main idea of ??the whole poem is: Don't underestimate Chaozhou, a wild land in the "corner of the country". Those who came from this place returned to their hometowns with honors on the gold medal list; Chaozhou has produced sages in large numbers and has been recorded in history; although Chaozhou is located on the seaside, But like Confucius's hometown (Lu State) and Mencius's hometown (Zou State), it is an area with prosperous civilization. The word "Zou Lu" also appears in another poem by Chen Yaozuo: "The mountains and rivers of Chaoyang are wonderful in the southeast, and the fish and salt city are full of people and people. At that time, it was the Xuansheng stele that was written. Now the custom is Zou Lu." ("Farewell to Li Zi, Chaoyang") ), so later "Seaside Zoulu" generally refers to the Chaoshan area.

In addition, Quanzhou, Fujian Province is also known as "Seashore Zoulu".