Qi Xi probably lived from the era of Jin Linggong to Pinggong (620 BC-532 BC). In the Spring and Autumn Period, he was a senior official of the Jin State and served as a lieutenant in the army. In 570 BC, he asked to retire and recommended his enemy Jiehu to replace him. Unexpectedly, before the appointment, Xie Hu died suddenly. Qi Xi also recommended his son Qi Wu. At that time, it was said that "do not avoid enemies when doing external things, and do not avoid relatives when doing internal things". Later generations also regarded him as a model who put the interests of the country first and ignored personal grudges. There are the tombs of Qi Xi and his son in the north of Yanming Village

Shihui: people from the Spring and Autumn Period. The surname is Qi, the given name is Hui, the courtesy name is Ji, and the surname is Shi. Because he ate the town in Sui, he was called Suihui; later he ate the town in Fan, and he was called Fan Hui, and in history he was called Fan Wuzi. He was a prominent figure who was active in the political arena of the Jin Dynasty in the early Spring and Autumn Period for half a century. He was also the ancestor of the most common Chinese surnames such as Liu, Fan, Shi and Sui. Wang Fu praised in "Qianfu Lun", "The Liu family has been the most virtuous in the world since the Tang Dynasty and above the Han Dynasty, and Fan Hui is the most prosperous!" Qi Biaojia (1602~1645), also known as Huzi and Hong Ji, named Shipei, is from Yinmeishu Village, Mingshan. Biaojia was a promising young man. He became a Jinshi in the second year of Tianqi of Emperor Xizong of the Ming Dynasty (1622). In the following year, he was appointed as a promotion official in Xinghua, Fujian. When he first took office, local officials and people despised him because of his youth. After handling a few things, I made a shrewd decision and everyone was convinced. In the fourth year of Chongzhen (1631), he became the censor and patrolled Su and Song. In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen (1641), he became the censor of Henan Province. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642), he worshiped You Qian as the censor of the capital and patrolled Su and Song. In May of the second year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1645), the Qing troops defeated Nanjing. On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month, Qingbeile's appointment letter arrived. On the sixth night of the Lunar New Year, I went to bed first for my family and sank into the pond in the garden of Meishu Apartment. There is a saying in his Jueming poem: "It is difficult to achieve great results, but it is easy to cleanse one's body. I am the one who is easy to do it, and keep the ambition to clean one's body. Entering the nine plains with a smile, leaving the heaven and earth with greatness." He is the author of "Yuanshantang Qupin" Dramas", "Notes on Yushan", "Diary of Duke Qi Zhongmin", etc.

Qi Zuozao (1793-1866), also known as Chunpu or Chunfu, was the fifth son of Qi Yunshi. He was awarded Jinshi in 1814, and was admitted to Nanshufang in 1821. Later, he became the Minister of Household Affairs, Minister of Military Machinery, and Co-organized Bachelor. In 1849, he was appointed as the chief master of the study. After Xianfeng ascended the throne, he was appointed as a bachelor of Tiren Pavilion, awarded the title of Taibao to the Crown Prince, and became a lecturer. After Emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne in 1861, he was appointed as one of the four masters of the Young Emperor. He can be said to be the most senior official in the three dynasties of Dao and Xian Dynasties. After his death, he was given the posthumous title "Wen Duan". Qi Zuozao was a well-behaved man, a well-mannered official, and pragmatic in administration, and was highly praised by his contemporaries. "Songxuan Essays" records: "The Shouyang Prime Minister's national character is as pure as jade, his heart is as gentle as spring, he is knowledgeable but not reserved for talents, he is rich but not exposed, and when he sees people doing good, he will praise them. He has a tolerant attitude, It has the style of an ancient minister. "During the Opium War, Qi Zuozao supported Lin Zexu's main campaign to ban smoking, and inspected Fujian's coastal defense and smoking ban with Huang Juezi. He had many disagreements with the powerful minister Mu Zhang'a, and later he was at odds with Sushun and opposed it. Sushun "made a lot of money", but resigned many times due to failure in his ambition. In addition, he was the leader of the poetry circle and the backbone of calligraphy, and he was highly respected among scholars for a while.

As far as academics are concerned, although Qi Zuozao did not abandon textual research, he paid more attention to adhering to Nai's father's purpose of "managing the world". He had many government affairs and had no time to specialize in the history and geography of northwest China. However, he still had close friendships with famous frontier history and geography scholars such as Yu Zhengxie, Zhang Mu, and He Qiutao, and published widely on border history and geography, effectively promoting this new academic trend. forward development. His father Qi Yunshi's famous works "Summary of the Fanbu", "Shidi of the Western Regions" and "Synopsis of the Western Frontier", etc., he specially asked Zhang Mu and others to edit and publish them one by one, so that they could be more widely circulated in the world. Before Zhang Mu edited Qi Yunshi's works, he had already studied the history and geography of northwest China, but he had no outstanding results. He later became one of the most outstanding frontier historians and geographies in the Daoxian period, which is inseparable from Qi Jianzao's knowledge and encouragement. His masterpiece "Mongolian Nomads" can be called the most detailed work on Mongolian geography in the Qing Dynasty. However, the original idea for the book came from the process of editing the book "Fan Bu Yao Lue". Because he found that "Fan Bu Yao Lue" was more detailed than "Chronology" and shorter than "Geographical Records", he decided to make up for it. Its shortcomings. After the completion of "Mongolian Nomads", Qi Zuozao had a keen eye for fine works and specially financed its publication, making an important contribution to the dissemination of this masterpiece. In the preface, he praised the book highly, saying that it has a "detailed and substantial structure, supporting but not filthy, precise but not superficial research, accurate and well-founded". He especially appreciated its ability to combine classics and textual research, as well as contemporary affairs and The academic spirit of combining ancient and modern times. He wrote: "There is no shortage of erudite and talented people in the country. However, there are two reasons for the outstanding and immortal works of his writings: the books about Chen Guyi are more valuable than seeking truth from facts; the books about current affairs are more valuable than the practical application of the world. "You can't have both. But Zhang Zi Shizhou's "Nomadism in Mongolia" can only do both. "From this, it is not difficult for people today to get a glimpse of Qizao's academic interests at that time and the real transitional form during the period of change in Jiadao academic style.

After the Opium War, the study of world history, especially the history and geography of the West and Russia, has received further attention from scholars. This is directly related to the invasion of China by Western powers and Russia, and it is also not the same as the previous history of the Northwest. A natural continuation of geological research. Qizao has provided support for academic development in both areas. In 1858, after He completed his famous work "The Compilation of Beigong", Xianfeng gave it the name "Shuo Fang Beicheng". Qi Jianzao wrote the preface for it and praised it highly, praising its records and evidence, extensive collection and not miscellaneous, and distinguishing. Right and wrong are "certain and immutable" and can be called a masterpiece of history and geography that seeks truth from facts and can "investigate the past and present to fully understand the past and present".

He even believed that the book "Although it records only one corner of the Northern Song Dynasty, the essence of the assessment is better than that of the two books of Wei (Yuan) and Xu (Ji She), which is like coming from behind." This statement may seem too high-spirited, but his positive attitude of holding a key position and promoting the study of history and geography on the frontier has already emerged clearly on the page.