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### Zhu Hai A person. The exact years of his birth and death are unknown. He was a native of the State of Wei during the Warring States period and worked as a butcher. At that time, the State of Qin besieged Handan in the State of Zhao. The State of Wei sent General Jin Bi to lead an army to rescue Zhao, but due to fear of the Qin troops, Jin Bi stationed his army in Ye and hesitated. The Duke of Xinling (Lord Wei Wuji) got a plan from Hou Ying to steal the military amulet, and Hou Ying recommended Zhu Hai to go with him. When they arrived at the Wei camp, Jin Bi suspected that Lord Xinling had ulterior motives. Then Zhu Hai took out an iron mace from his sleeve and killed Jin Bi, seized the military power, defeated the Qin army, and thus lifted the siege of Handan. ### Zhu Shixing The exact years of his birth and death are unknown. He was from Yingchuan (now Yuxian County, Henan Province) in the Kingdom of Wei during the Three - Kingdoms period. As he felt that the translated Prajna scriptures at that time were difficult to understand due to their awkward sentences, he decided to travel westward to seek the Dharma. He was the earliest Chinese monk to travel westward for religious learning. ### Zhu Quanzhong ### Zhu Xi (1130 - 1200) His courtesy name was Yuanhui at first, and then changed to Zhonghui. His late - life sobriquets included Huiweng, and he was also known as Huian and Ziyang. He was from Wuyuan in the Song Dynasty and lived as an exile in Jianzhou. He once gave lectures at Kaoting in Jianyang, so he was also called Kaoting. In his later years, he built a thatched cottage on Yungu Mountain and was also known as the Old Man of Yungu. He successively held the position of the Attendant in the Baowen Pavilion. After his death, he was posthumously titled Wen. Later generations respected him as Master Zhu or Duke Wen of Zhu. In the Baoqing era, he was posthumously promoted to Grand Tutor and posthumously conferred the titles of Duke of Xin and Duke of Hui. His learning mainly focused on self - discipline and the pursuit of truth, and he integrated the essence of Neo - Confucianism in the Song Dynasty. He compiled and wrote many books, and his annotations on the Four Books were regarded as the standard in the imperial examinations of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. ### Zhu Yuanzhang