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Wenzhou has a history of more than 4,000 years, creating a profound and brilliant culture. Once called Yongjia Prefecture in the ancient China, Wenzhou has given birth to many outstanding people and great scholars, who have exerted significant influence in the history of Chinese philosophy, literature and science, such as Liu Ji, Zhang Cong, Wang Shipeng, Xia Nai, Sun Yirang, Ye Shi and Su Buqing etc.
Wenzhou is the originating place of China’s landscape poetry, the founder of which, Xie Lingyun, was the governor of the then Yongjia Prefecture in the Southern Dynasty. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were four distinguished poets, Zhao Shixiu, Xu Ji, Xu Zhao and Wen Juan from Yongjia Prefecture, representing the School of the Rivers and Lakes. In addition, Wenzhou is also the birthplace of China’s Mercantilism. From the Southern Song Dynasty, in contrast to the Confucianism represented by Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan in China urging people to study to be officials in the future, the theory of Wenzhou’s Yongjia School represented by Ye Shi, emphasized the importance of business. The theory has an enduring impact on the mindset of Wenzhou natives and has become the cultural gene in the economic development of Wenzhou ever since.
Xie Linyun |
Wang Shipeng |
Ye Shi |
Liu Ji |
Zhang Cong |
Sun Yirang |
Zheng Zhenduo |
Xia Chengtao |
Xia Nai |
Su Buqing |
Nan Huaijin |
Gu Chaohao |