The following historical celebrities were either born in Luoyang, or buried in Luoyang, or lived in Luoyang for a long time, or made achievements and careers in Luoyang.
Prehistory
Fuxi; the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation and the creator of Hetu Luoshu.
Concubine Mi: Luo Shen, the daughter of the Fuxi family, Cao Zhi praised her as "as graceful as a startling giant, as graceful as a swimming dragon".
Hou Yi: The legendary ancient sun-shooting hero.
Chang'e: Hou Yi's wife, the folk goddess.
Xia Dynasty
Xia Jie: The last emperor of Xia Dynasty, he was the earliest cruel and foolish emperor in China.
Du Kang: Chinese Wine Saint.
Shang Dynasty
Shang Tang: the founding monarch of the Shang Dynasty.
Yi Yin: Assisted Shang Tang to overthrow the Xia Dynasty.
Zhou Dynasty
King Wu of Zhou: Allied eight hundred princes in Luoyang and destroyed the extremely comatose Yin Shang.
Zhou Gongdan: the builder of Luoyang City and the creator of Chinese etiquette.
King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang and moved Jiuding to Luoyang.
King Ping of Zhou: After King Ping of Zhou moved eastward to Luoyi, the Zhou Dynasty was called the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.
Lao Tzu: the founder of Taoism.
Author of "Tao Te Ching", Su Qin: a native of Luoyang in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and a political strategist. He successively lobbied the six countries and persuaded them to join forces to resist Qin, forming a trend of alliance.
Su Qin was the leader of the Zongyuan, and he wore the seal of the six kingdoms.
There are also Boyi Shuqi, Bai Gui, who is respected as the originator by merchants of all generations, and Zhang Yi, a famous politician, diplomat and strategist during the Warring States Period.
Western Han Dynasty
Liu Bang: the founder of the Han Dynasty.
Jia Yi: A famous writer in the Han Dynasty, author of "On the Passage of Qin" and so on.
Sang Hongyang: A famous financial planner in the Western Han Dynasty. He was the first thinker in Chinese history to propose a country that does not rely on agriculture to make the country rich.
Shi Shi: The richest man in the country in the Western Han Dynasty. Bu Shi: Minister of the Western Han Dynasty, from Luoyang.
Get rich by shepherding sheep.
Emperor Wu granted him the title of Goushi Order.
Eastern Han Dynasty
Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty: Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the capital of Luoyang, the founder of "judo governance".
Ma Yuan: A famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty; he is famously said to be "wrapped in horse leather".
Dong Xuan: Luoyang Order, China's famous "Strength Order".
Ban Chao: A famous general, strategist and diplomat in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
He joined the army and went on missions to the Western Regions, making outstanding contributions to consolidating my country's western territories and promoting the integration and development of a multi-ethnic country.
At the same time, the Eastern Han Dynasty restored its rule over the Western Regions, protected the "Silk Road", and promoted economic and cultural exchanges between China and countries in Central and Western Asia.
Ban Gu: Completed the "Book of Han" with his father Ban Biao and sister Ban Zhao. "Han Shu" is my country's first chronological history with complete style and rich content.
Dou Xian: A famous general in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Le Shi Yanran marched five thousand miles out of the fortress, completely defeated the Northern Huns, and forced the Huns to move westward.
Cai Lun: The improver of papermaking played a major role in the development of world culture.
One of China’s four great inventions.
Zhang Heng: A writer and scientist of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Heng invented the seismograph in Luoyang. This was the world's first seismograph, more than 1,700 years earlier than Europe.
Xu Shen: Author of China's first dictionary "Shuowen Jiezi".
Zhang Zhongjing: a famous medical scientist in the Eastern Han Dynasty, known as the "Medical Sage", and the author of "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases".
Cai Yong: a writer and calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The creator of "Fei Bai Shu" has the Xi Ping Stone Sutra.
Wang Chong: An outstanding materialist thinker and educator in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the author of "Lunheng".
Huangfu Song: A famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
Three Kingdoms
Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao: Taizu of Wei, an outstanding statesman, military strategist, and writer.
Cao Zhi: a famous poet and writer, the third son of Cao Cao, known as "the most talented person in the world", and the author of "Fu of Luo Shen", "Seven-step Poetry", etc.
Cao Pi: Emperor Wen of Wei, a famous writer, the eldest son of Cao Cao, and the author of "Classics" and other works.
Sima Yi: He led the army against Zhuge Liang many times and was an important minister of Wei.
After his death, his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao took power one after another.
Later, his grandson Sima Yan proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of Wei, established the Jin Dynasty, and followed Sima Yi as Emperor Xuan.
Died in Luoyang.
Guan Yu: A famous general of the Shu Han Dynasty, the embodiment of loyalty. He was revered as the "Martial Saint" in the feudal society. He was as famous as Confucius. His head was buried in Guanlin, Luoyang.
Cai Wenji: The daughter of Cai Yong, a talented woman in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, and the author of "Eighteen Beats of Hujia".
Jikang: A famous musician in the Three Kingdoms, the last person to perform "Guangling San".
Ruan Ji: a core figure in metaphysics.
Liu Chan: the creator who is happy not to think about Shu.
A combination of great wisdom.
Other celebrities of the Three Kingdoms include Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Sima Shi, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Zhong Yao, Ma Jun, etc.
Western Jin Dynasty, Southern and Northern Dynasties
Sima Yan: The founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, the capital was Luoyang.
Zuo Si: The masterpiece "Sandu Fu" made Luoyang very expensive.
Chen Shou, a scholar of Chu Dynasty, served as the imperial censor and wrote the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms in Luoyang.
Zu Ti: Hearing the chicken dance, he has great ambitions.
Liu Kun: poet and military strategist of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Pan Yue: The most handsome man in China.
Han Shou: "Beautiful and kind-hearted", famous for "Han Shou steals fragrance".
Liu Hui: a famous mathematician who annotated "Nine Chapters on Arithmetic" and pioneered the scientific calculation method of cutting a circle to find its circumference.
Huangfu Mi: A famous medical scientist in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, he also made great achievements in literature, history, etc., and wrote "Acupuncture and Moxibustion Classics A and B".
There is also Du Yu, a famous general in the Western Jin Dynasty, as well as Pei Xiu, Shi Chong, Lu Zhu, Huan Wen, etc.
Tuoba Hong: Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty was an outstanding emperor in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He implemented many important reforms, accelerated the feudalization process of various ethnic minorities in the north, and laid the foundation for the Sui Dynasty to unify China.
Emperor Xiaowen's reforms promoted the integration of northern ethnic groups and ushered in the historical heyday of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
There are also Tan Daoji, Gao Huan, Lanling King Gao Changgong, etc.
Sui Dynasty
Yang Guang: The second emperor of the Sui Dynasty, he built Luoyang and opened the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal with Luoyang as the center.
Han Qinhu: A general of the Sui Dynasty who pacified the state of Chen in the south of the Yangtze River.
He Ruobi: A general of the Sui Dynasty who pacified the Chen Kingdom in the south of the Yangtze River.
Yu Wenkai: a famous architect, the builder of Luoyang City and Chang'an City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Chen Shubao: Poet, Emperor Chen. "Yushu *** Flower" is a famous work; he was captured by Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and died in depression in Luoyang.
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin: Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty defeated Wang Shichong who was entrenched in Luoyang and completed the unification of the country.
Wu Zetian: The founder of Wu Zhou and the only female emperor of China.
Princess Taiping: The daughter of Wu Zetian, she grew up in Luoyang and was a trend-setter in the capital city.
Shangguan Wan'er: A talented woman in the Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's right-hand man.
Li Bai: Poet, he once met Du Fu in Luoyang.
Du Fu: Poet.
I will drift with the tide all my life and end up in Sichuan.
Li Longji: Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, born in Luoyang, worked hard to govern in the early stage, but indulged in extravagance in the later stage.
Di Renjie: a famous detective in the Tang Dynasty.
Bai Juyi: a famous writer and poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Li He: a famous poet, commonly known as Changzhaolang.
Xuan Zang: A famous eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty, the author of "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" has survived.
Han Yu: The leader of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, he served in the Imperial Academy in Tokyo for a long time.
Wu Daozi: There is a masterpiece "Five Sages" in the Shangqing Palace in Luoyang.
Yan Zhenqing: a famous calligrapher, Liu Yuxi: a poet.
There is a saying that "in the old days, the king's swallows in front of the hall flew into the homes of ordinary people".
Yuan Zhen: Poet, there is a famous saying: "Once there was no water in the sea, except for Wushan, it was not clouds."
Liu Xiyi: A poet who has left a legacy of "the flowers are similar every year, but the people are different every year".
Five Dynasties
Zhu Wen: Taking advantage of Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty, he moved the capital to Luoyang.
Then build the back beam.
Li Cunxu: The founding king of the Later Tang Dynasty, he was good at conquering and fighting in the early stage, but in the later stage he liked to be with actors and died at the hands of actors.
Song Dynasty
Li Yu: The author of "It is the spring water of a river flowing eastward".
The famous king who lost his country.
Zhao Kuangyin: A native of Luoyang, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Cheng Yi: Neo-Confucian and educator.
Cheng Hao's brother, commonly known as Er Cheng.
He built Yigao Academy in Luoyang.
Cheng Hao, a Neo-Confucianist and educator.
Zhao Pu, the founding prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote half of the Analects of Confucius on governing the world.
Lu Mengzheng: A native of Luoyang, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty and prime minister of the two dynasties.
Sima Guang: Living in Luoyang for a long time, he wrote "Zizhi Tongjian" in Duyuan, and left a famous saying "If you ask about the prosperity and failure of ancient and modern times, please only look at Luoyang City."
Fu Bi, a famous prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Fan Zhongyan, buried in Luoyang Shao Yong, a Neo-Confucian scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty, lived in seclusion in Luoyang in his middle and later years.
Ouyang Xiu: A famous writer in the Song Dynasty. He is famous in Luoyang for his masterpieces such as "New History of the Five Dynasties" and "New Book of Tang".
Li Gefei: A famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, the father of Li Qingzhao, and the author of "Luoyang Famous Gardens".
Modern
Ji Dengkui: Worked in Luoyang from 1954 to 1963.
Former *** Director of Luoyang Mining Machinery Factory, First Secretary of Luoyang Prefectural Committee, and Vice Premier of the State Council, he later faded out of the political circle.
Jiao Yulu: worked in Luoyang Mining Machinery Factory from 1953 to 1962; died of overwork during the Lankao period.
Known as: "the good secretary of the common people."
Li Li: Secretary of the Luoyang Municipal Party Committee from 1954 to 1958, and later governor of Guizhou Province.
Liu Gang: Deputy Secretary of the Henan Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of Luoyang Tractor Factory.
Later served as Secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee.
Yang Ligong: Director of Luoyang Tractor Factory and later Minister of Agricultural Machinery.
Zhang Fang: General ***, a history buff, his old residence is now a museum.
Wu Tinglin: *** Lieutenant General, Anti-Japanese Hero, Wang Lingyun: *** Lieutenant General, Anti-Japanese Hero, Zhou Heyang, Go player.
Yan Lianke, contemporary writer.
Sima Wudang, the famous calligrapher Cheng Lin, the angel of music.
Li Yanliang, male singer.
Chen Ming, female singer.
Li Zhun, contemporary writer.