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Zhu Xie Zi Xiang, a native of Yuyao in the Ming Dynasty, was a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examination) during the Jiajing period (AD 1522 - 1566). He successively served as a principal clerk in the Ministry of War and the deputy prefect of Shaowu, and both positions saw him bring benevolent governance. He once guarded the Shanhaiguan Pass, showing loyalty to the country. He was proficient in Neo - Confucianism and got rid of the trite ideas. Zhu Yuju A farmer in the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period. When King Zhuang of Chu built a high platform and piled up a thousand - layer earthwork, 72 ministers who remonstrated with him died. Yuju abandoned farming and went to remonstrate with the king, and the king then dismantled the platform and stopped the corvée for the people. The people of Chu sang a song about him: "Firewood, oh, grass, oh! Without Zhu Yuju, there would be no one! Grass, oh, firewood, oh! Without Zhu Yuju, there would be no one!" Here, the compound surname Zhuyu is incorporated into the single - character surname Zhu. Zhu Jiying A high - ranking official of the State of Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period. When King Fuchai of Wu attacked Yue, King Goujian of Yue sent Zhu Jiying to make peace with Wu, which allowed Yue to catch a breath. Eventually, Wu was conquered by Yue. Here, the compound surname Zhuji is incorporated into the single - character surname Zhu.