Yuan Shao (? - 202) Style name: Benchu. He was from Dongyang Ruyang (now northwest of Shangshui County, Henan Province). He once led an army to fight against Dong Zhuo. Later, he occupied Hebei. He fought with Cao Cao at Guandu, suffered a great defeat, and died of illness. Yuan Chonghuan (? - 1630) Style name: Yuansu. He was from Dongguan in the Ming Dynasty. He was courageous and fond of discussing military affairs. He was a Jinshi in the Wanli period. During the Tianqi period, he made remarkable achievements in defending against the Qing troops and was gradually promoted to the position of Imperial Censor-in-Chief and the governor of Liaodong. In the Chongzhen period, he served as the Minister of War and the Right Vice Censor-in-Chief, and commanded the troops in Jizhou and Liaodong. When he heard the alarm and came to rescue the capital, he was slandered and executed by dismemberment in the market. Yuan Mei (1716 - 1797) Style name: Zicai, alias: Jianzhai. He was from Qiantang (now Hangxian County, Zhejiang Province) in the Qing Dynasty. He was a Jinshi in the Qianlong period. He served as a county magistrate after being a Hanlin academician. Later, he resigned from office and built Suiyuan Garden in the west of Jiangning City, and enjoyed singing and chanting. He was commonly known as Mr. Suiyuan. In poetry theory, he advocated the expression of natural feelings and often had new insights when evaluating the past and the present. He wrote works such as Collected Poems and Essays of Xiaocang Mountain House, Suiyuan Poetry Talks, and Suiyuan Essays. Yuan Shikai (1859 - 1916) Style name: Weiting, alias: Rong'an. He was from Xiangcheng, Henan Province. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was appreciated by Li Hongzhang. During the Hundred Days' Reform, he got in favor by informing on others. He served as the governor of Shandong, was promoted to the governor of Zhili, and later held positions such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Grand Councillor. When the Revolution of 1911 broke out, as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, he used the Beiyang military force to negotiate with the revolutionary army, forced the Qing emperor to abdicate. Mr. Sun Yat-sen resigned as the President, and he became the first President of the Republic of China. Later, he attempted to restore the monarchy. Mr. Sun Yat-sen called on the whole country to condemn him, and he died of grief and indignation.

Yuan Haowen (1190–1257), styled Yuzhi and known by the sobriquet Yishan, was from Xiurong of the Jin Dynasty (now Xin County, Shanxi Province). He was descended from the Yuan clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He could write poems at the age of seven. He became a Jinshi (successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) in the third year of the Xingding era. He served as the Deputy Secretary of the Left Department of the尚书省 (Department of State Affairs). After the fall of the Jin Dynasty, he refused to serve in the new regime. His prose inherited the styles of Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, with a rigorous structure. His poems emphasized the backbone and opposed flamboyance. His thirty quatrains on poem criticism hold a prominent position in the history of literary criticism. He compiled The Collection of Poets in Central China and authored Collected Works of Yishan and Sequel to Records of the Unusual. The line "Ask the world, what is love?" in Jin Yong's novels is exactly from his ci poem "Mo Yu Er". Yuan Zhen (779–831), styled Weizhi, was from Henan of the Tang Dynasty (now Luoyang County, Henan Province). He was appointed as the prime minister during the reign of Emperor Muzong. His poems were simple and easy to understand, and he was as famous as Bai Juyi, together being known as "Yuan and Bai". He was the author of The Collected Works of Yuan Zhen's Era of Changqing.