"Zou Lu" has always been respected. There are many names like "Zou Lu by the Sea" and "Zou Lu in the South of the Yangtze River" in China, and the word "Zou Lu" is also emerging in history books. "Zhuangzi Tian Xia Pian" contains: "It lies in poetry, calligraphy, ceremony and music. It is a scholar of Zou and Lu, and Mr. Ming knows it." Sima Qian also compared the ethos of Zou Lu, saying: "Zou Lubin is a good thinker, and he still has the legacy of the Duke of Zhou, and he is good at Confucianism and prepares gifts" (Biography of Historical Records and Huo Zhi). Zou Lu is famous for "being good at Confucianism and preparing gifts". In the Textual Research of Yanhuang Clan Culture, Mr. Wang said: "The word Confucianism originated from Loulou", and the earliest Lu culture was also developed from Loulou culture. "Lu turns to Lou, named after Lou." Yu Xin, a writer in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, wrote a famous saying in "Mourning for the South of the Yangtze River": "I am proud of the official, the bell and drum are in the pool, the canopy is in the room, and Zou Lu is in the door." Zhang Shuo, a "great hand" in the prosperous era of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, said that his poem "Feng He Tang Xuanzong" sighed at the sacrifice of Confucianism, and there was a beautiful sentence "Confucius' family is Zou Lu, and the Confucian style is generous". Meng Haoran, another great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Book, Huai Yi, Jing Hao Tong that "Wei Chu came to Zou Lu with a Confucian family background". It is worth mentioning that among all the Confucian middleman, only five people were officially recognized as "saints" in Song and Ming Dynasties, namely, the saints Confucius, Fu Yuan, Zong Zi, Shu Shengzisi and Yasheng Mencius, and these five saints were all from Zou Lu. It can be seen that Zou Lu's excellence in Confucian cultivation.

The word "Zou Lu by the sea" is an allusion in allusions. In the second year of Xianping, Song Zhenzong (999), Chen Yaozuo, who was a secretary in the imperial court and promoted in Kaifeng, was demoted to Chaozhou for disobeying the emperor's will (his position was slightly lower than that of the governor of the state capital, but he had the real power to play the state government and supervise officials). Chen Yaozuo, who is only 37 years old, has been in Chaozhou for less than two years, but he cares about the people and attaches importance to education. "Build Confucius Temple and Han Temple to attract local scholars" (Chaozhou County Records). Also organized people to kill crocodiles, which was highly praised by Chaoshan people. Chen Yaozuo loves Chaoshan. After being recalled to Beijing, he gradually changed from a consultant 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 on his admission to Beijing. Chen Yaozuo was so happy that he wrote a poem "Farewell to Wang Sheng and Return to Chaoyang" for a Wang Xing in Chaozhou Prefecture: "You have lived in a barren city, and you have gained immortal branches to show off your hometown. From this point of view, the characters are lifted, and the seaside Zou Lu is Chaoyang. " "Chaoyang" in the poem refers to Chaozhou area. The main idea of the whole poem is: don't underestimate Chaozhou, a wild place with a "national corner", where to go.1return home with her clothes; Chaozhou, a place where sages come forth in generations; Although Chaozhou is located on the seashore, it is as prosperous as Confucius' hometown (Lu country) and Mencius' hometown (Zou country). In another poem by Chen Yaozuo, the word "Zou Lu" also appeared: "The mountains and rivers in Chaoyang are strange in the southeast, and the fish in Yancheng is Guo Minxi. It was written for Xuanshengbei at that time. Now the custom in Zou Lu is. " (To Chaoyang Lizi Master Book), so the later "seaside Zou Lu" generally refers to Chaoshan area.

In addition, Quanzhou, Fujian Province is also known as "Zou Lu by the Sea".

Therefore, Zou represents a place with rich literati and strong cultural atmosphere.