In the 4th issue of "Top Ten Who's Who with Hundred Family Names in Ancient and Modern Times", the editor tries to select 10 celebrities who are well-known, well-known and influential as much as possible, and arrange them in historical order. Below, the fourth place of the hundred family names - Li Shi.
Li Er (birth and death year unknown), that is, Laozi, surname Li Ming'er, character Dang, born in Chen Guo (present-day Luyi County, Henan Province), thinker, philosopher, writer, historian, handed down the work "Tao Te Ching". Lao Tzu was the founder of the Taoist school and was revered by Taoism as the ancestor, known as "Taishang Laojun". In the Tang Dynasty, he was posthumously considered the ancestor of the surname Li.
Li Guang (?) ~119 BC), a native of Chengji, Longxi (present-day Qin'an County, Gansu Province). A famous general and national hero during the reigns of Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing and Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and a descendant of Li Xin, a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, known as "General Fei". Li Guang is loyal and patriotic, but his character flaws and his strategic ability to strategize and his awareness of the overall situation are insufficient, and although he is famous, he is always defeated in big wars, so Li Guang is difficult to seal until death, which is often said to be "Li Guang is difficult to seal".
Li Guang in "The Great Emperor of Hanwu"
Li Shimin (599–649), also known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, ancestral home of Chengji, Longxi (present-day Qin'an, Gansu), was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, politician, strategist, military strategist, calligrapher, and poet. In 626, Li Shimin, then King of Qin, launched the "Xuanwu Gate Revolution", killing the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, and was canonized as the crown prince. Later Tang Gaozu Li Yuan abdicated, and Li Shimin became emperor, with the year name Zhenguan. During his reign, he worked hard to govern the country, created the "rule of zhenguan", got along with all ethnic groups in the northern region, and obtained the honorific title of "Tianke Khan", laying an important foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Shimin in "The Long Song of Zhenguan"
Li Longji (685–762), also known as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, was the grandson of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, and the third son of Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan. Good at riding and shooting, the study of music law and history. In the early stage of his reign, he paid attention to rectifying chaos, appointed wise ministers, and worked hard to govern, creating a "prosperous era at the beginning of the century". In the later part of his reign, he gradually neglected the imperial government, favored the traitors, favored Yang Guifei, and reused An Lushan, which led to the eight-year Anshi Rebellion, laying the groundwork for the Tang Dynasty to turn from prosperity to decline.
Tang Minghuang and Yang Yuhuan in film and television dramas
Li Bai (701-762), character Taibai, known as Qinglian Jushi, also known as "Tan Immortal", a great romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty, was praised as "poetry immortal" by later generations, and Du Fu was called "Li Du", and his representative works include "Wanglushan Waterfall", "Difficulty in Traveling", "Difficulty in Shu Road", "Will Enter Wine", "Early White Emperor City" and so on.
Li Bai in film and television dramas
Li Shizhen (1518-1593), also known as Dongbi, in his later years, called himself a native of Linhushan and a native of Shechun, Hubei, and a famous medical scientist. After 27 years, he has written a magnum opus of 1.92 million words "Compendium of Materia Medica", and has written many kinds of books, such as "Eight Veins of the Odd Scripture" and "Veins of the Lake". He was revered as the "Medicine Saint" by later generations.
Li Hongzhang (1823–1901), courtesy name Fú, was a politician, diplomat, and military general of the late Qing Dynasty. He was one of the main leaders of the Westernization Movement, known as the "Four Famous Ministers of Zhongxing" along with Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Zuo Zongtang, but he also attracted many criticisms for signing a series of unequal treaties on behalf of the Qing government, coupled with personal corruption and decision-making errors.
Li Dazhao (1889-1927), a native of Leting, Hebei, was a pioneer of the Chinese communist movement, a great Marxist, an outstanding proletarian revolutionary, and one of the main founders of the Communist Party of China. The publication of articles such as "A Comparative View of the Franco-Russian Revolution," "The Victory of the Common People," and "The Victory of Bolshevism" promoted the wide spread of Marxism in China and made significant contributions to the founding of the Party, the first united front of Kuomintang-Communist cooperation, and the victorious advancement of the Great Revolution. On April 28, 1927, Comrade Li Dazhao was brutally hanged by a reactionary warlord in Beijing at the age of 38.
Li Peng (1928-2019), a native of Chengdu, Sichuan, graduated from the Department of Hydroelectric Power of the Moscow Power Institute in the former Soviet Union, university culture, senior engineer. He was a member of the Politburo and Secretariat of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th, 14th and 15th Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, a former premier of the State Council, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress.
Li Ka-shing, Han nationality, born in 1928, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, senior consultant of Changjiang Industrial, has been the richest man in Hong Kong for 21 consecutive years and the richest Chinese for 15 consecutive years since 1999. In 2020, Forbes released the Hong Kong rich list, ranking second, worth $29.4 billion. In September 2018, he was selected as one of the "World's Top 10 Most Influential Chinese Business Figures".
The Li family is a big surname, there are many celebrities in the Li family, and there are many in contemporary politics, such as Li Ruihuan, Li Keqiang, Li Qiang, Li Yuanchao, etc., and there are countless Li Ning, Li Xiaoshuang, Li Jinyu, Li Na and so on in the sports arena. As mentioned earlier, the ones selected by the editor are more familiar to everyone. Welcome to leave a message to provide more materials.