Top 10 people with the highest IQs in Chinese history

With a history of five thousand years, China has a very profound and rich cultural heritage. Of course, there are also many capable people with lofty ideals emerging in every era. Next, let’s take a look at the ten people with the highest IQs in China.

First place: Chinese native religion, the founder of Taoism? Laozi (Li Er)

Laozi is a hugely influential figure in the history of Chinese thought, culture, and religion. Lao Tzu is a human being, but if we study it from the perspective of religious culture, he is also a god and the leader of Taoism. The 5,000-word "Tao Te Ching" left by Lao Tzu is extensive and profound, a great treasure of Chinese culture? It is also the first masterpiece of Chinese philosophical ontology. Its content involves philosophy, literature, military science, aesthetics, medicine, sociology, ethics, astronomy, and health care, and is known as an encyclopedia. His theory of tranquility and inaction, the dialectical theory of the transformation rate of one thing and two things, and the profound philosophy of the relationship between heaven and man have been influencing the thoughts and behaviors of the Chinese people for more than 2,500 years.

As a cultural gene, it penetrates into people’s way of survival, lifestyle and thinking. It affects various cultural concepts such as Chinese people's world outlook, outlook on life, values, aesthetics, and outlook on life and death.

Laozi’s thought not only had a significant impact on the formation and development of traditional Chinese culture, but also provided positive wisdom for humankind’s current and future culture and life.

Second place: The ancestor of hundreds of families? Jiang Ziya

Jiang Ziya, Lu family, named Shang, also known as Lu Shang. Han nationality, whose life span is 139 years old. He has assisted six Zhou kings successively. He is called "Tai Gong Wang" because he is the founder of Qi State, and is commonly known as Jiang Taigong. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, he was named "Taishi" (name of military officer) by King Wen of Zhou and was respected as "Master Shangfu". He assisted King Wen and consulted "Jian Shang". Later, he assisted King Wu of Zhou to destroy the Shang Dynasty.

King Wen of Zhou Dynasty was the chief planner and supreme military commander of King Wu Ke Yin and the founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He was also the founder of Qi culture. He was also an outstanding strategist with long-lasting influence in ancient China. Military strategists and politicians. Classics of all dynasties have recognized his historical status. Confucianism, Taoism, Legalism, Military, and Zongheng all regarded him as a figure in their family, and he was respected as the "Grandmaster of Hundreds of Schools."

Third place: Assisted Liu Bang in founding Strategist of the Western Han Dynasty? Zhang Liang

Zhang Liang (about 250 BC - 186 BC), courtesy name Zifang, Han nationality, father of Yingchuan City (now Gucheng Village, Lizhuang Township, Baofeng County, Henan Province) people. An important adviser to the Han emperor Liu Bang, he was listed as one of the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty" along with Han Xin and Xiao He. With his outstanding intelligence, he assisted the Han emperor Liu Bang to finally win the world in the Chu-Han War and was named Liuhou.

He is proficient in the ways of Huang and Lao. He did not miss power and position, and in his later years it is said that he traveled with Chisongzi. After Zhang Liang's death, he was given the posthumous title of Marquis Wencheng. "Historical Records: The Liuhou Family" specifically records Zhang Liang's life. Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the early Han Dynasty, commented on him in Luoyang Nangong and said: "My husband is planning and planning the curtains, and the victory is thousands of miles away. I am not as good as the ovary."

Fourth place: Assisting the Liu family in the Shu Han hegemony? Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang (181-234), named Kongming and Wolong (also known as Fulong), Han nationality, was born in Yangdu, Langya, Xuzhou (now Yinan County, Linyi City, Shandong Province). He was the Prime Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty and an outstanding figure during the Three Kingdoms period. Politician, military strategist, essayist, calligrapher. He was named Wuxiang Hou when he was alive, and Zhongwu Hou after his death. The Eastern Jin Dynasty regime named him King Wuxing.

In order to support the Shu Han regime, Zhuge Liang worked hard and dedicated his life until his death. His representative works of prose include "Chu Shi Biao", "Book of Commandments", etc. He invented the wooden cow and flowing horse, the Kongming lantern, etc., and modified the repeating crossbow, called the Zhuge repeating crossbow, which can fire ten arrows with one crossbow. Become a model of loyal ministers and the embodiment of wisdom for future generations.

Fifth place: Feng Shui master? Yuan Tiangang

Yuan Tiangang (year of birth and death unknown), or Yuan Tiangang, was born in Chengdu, Yizhou (now Chengdu, Sichuan) in the early Tang Dynasty, and was a famous prime minister in the early Tang Dynasty. Scholar, astronomer, astrologer, forecaster.

In the Sui Dynasty, he was appointed as the Yanguan Ling, and in the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed as the Huoshan Ling. It is said that he knew the "wind mirror", that is, he could judge good or bad luck based on the sound and direction of the wind. He is also proficient in facial physiognomy, Liuren and five elements.

He is the author of "Liu Ren Ke", "Five Elements Photo Book", "Tui Bei Tu", "Yuan Tiangang's Bone Weighing Song", etc. Tongzhi records, including the volume "Xuan Yao of Yi Jing". For a long time, Gao Yuxiang, the founder of the contemporary Yin-Yang Yi Dian School, commented on Yuan Tiangang: "The name is like the bright moon covering the ages, and the sound is like the spring thunder shaking the ancient and modern times.

The sixth place: Wei Zheng, the mediator of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty

Wei Zheng (580-February 11, 643), Han nationality, was born in Xingtai City, Hebei Province. He was a politician in the Tang Dynasty and was named Zheng Guogong. Zhen, known for his outspoken advice, is the most famous remonstrator in Chinese history.

He is the author of the preface to Sui Shu, Liang Shu, Chen Shu and Qi Shu. Most of his remarks can be found in "Zhenguan Zhengyao". Most of his important remarks are included in "Admonishment to Taizong" compiled by Wang Fangqing in the Tang Dynasty. "Wei Zhenggong's Admonition Record" and "Zhenguan Zhengjia" compiled by Wu Jing are one of the twenty-four merits of Lingyan Pavilion.

The seventh place: Old Man Yuquan? Yelu Chucai

< p> Yelu Chucai (1190? 1244), also known as Jin Qing, was a Han-style Khitan aristocrat and an important minister during the reign of Genghis Khan and Ogedai Khan of Mongolia. He served as an official for nearly 30 years and was highly regarded at the beginning of the founding of Mongolia. A variety of policies and regulations.

He once proposed the "Eighteen Things for Cheap", which was promulgated by the emperor as a temporary law throughout the country. Legally, he advocated the separation of military and civilian affairs, with state and county magistrates responsible for civil affairs. The household government is in charge of the military; it is necessary to open schools to obtain scholars, release Han intellectuals who were captured as slaves, "ruling the country with Confucianism, and governing the mind with Buddhism"; be cautious about punishment and caring for the people, and enforce the law impartially; the death penalty must be declared and approved before execution, and no life or death is allowed. Feel free to do anything.” Its legal thoughts and practices had a significant impact on the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty's legal system. There is "Ji Ran Jushi Ji".

Eighth place: Three times as prime minister? Zhao Pu of the Song Dynasty

Zhao Pu, whose courtesy name was Zeping, was born in Youzhou (now Beijing) and later moved to Changshan (now Zhengding, Hebei). , Luoyang (now Luoyang, Henan). An outstanding politician in the early Northern Song Dynasty and a famous counselor in Chinese history. He moved to Luoyang with his father at the age of 15 and studied officialdom since he was a child. He was the instigator of Zhao Kuangyin's "yellow robe" and the director of "Release Military Power over a Drink of Wine". He served as prime minister three times and served as an official for 50 years. He was 71 years old.

Ninth place: One of the three great poets in the early Ming Dynasty? Liu Bowen (Liu Ji)

Liu Ji was a master of classics and history, astronomy, and art of war. He assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in completing his imperial career, creating the Ming Dynasty and trying his best to maintain the stability of the country. Therefore, he became famous all over the world and was compared to Zhuge Wuhou by later generations. Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly called Liu Ji: "My son's wife." In the history of literature, Liu Ji, Song Lian and Gao Qi are also known as "the three great poets of the early Ming Dynasty". There is a widely circulated saying among Chinese people that "Zhuge Liang divides the world into three parts, and Liu Bowen dominates the country; Zhuge Liang, the military advisor of the former dynasty, and Liu Bowen, the military advisor of the later dynasty" are widely circulated among the Chinese people. He is famous for his uncanny calculations and strategizing.

Tenth place: The first counselor of the Qing Dynasty? Fan Wencheng

Fan Wencheng, nicknamed Xiandou and nicknamed Huiyue. Born in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1597), he was born into a family of officials in the Ming Dynasty and was a descendant of Fan Zhongyan, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty. The famous founding prime minister of the Qing Dynasty planned to eliminate Yuan Chonghuan, subdue Hong Chengchou, and plan to conquer the Central Plains, making immortal contributions to the founding of the Qing Dynasty. However, there is also considerable controversy over the Manchu-Han issue.