Who are the upright officials in ancient China?

There are too many. Almost every dynasty has a few upright officials, such as Yanzi, Huang Ba, Yang Zhen, Zhuge Liang, Wei Zheng, Yao Chong, Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang, Yu Qian, Yu Jackie Chan, Bao Zheng, etc. are all first-class upright officials, and their deeds are even worse than Ximen Bao.

Let’s talk about Zhuge Liang first. There is indeed a person in history, but he is not as brilliant as in the novel. His courtesy name is Kongming and his nickname is Wolong. He is a native of Yinan County, Shandong Province today. He was a Shu state during the Three Kingdoms period. The prime minister was an outstanding statesman, military strategist, writer, and reformer in ancient China. It can be said that Liu Bei established the Shu Han Dynasty with his assistance.

I won’t talk about Liu Bei’s three visits to the thatched cottage, but let’s talk about his contribution to the Shu Han Dynasty. He is a very principled person in doing things. Although he is the Prime Minister, during the years when he was the Prime Minister of Shu, he took the lead in clean government. He even regarded clean government as a criterion for measuring the qualifications of officials. He used this to formulate Many relevant laws and regulations were passed, and even the size of the Shuhan Dynasty's palaces and mausoleums were reduced accordingly.

It is no exaggeration to say that the laws of the Shu Han Dynasty were formulated under Zhuge Liang's personal supervision. Although the emperor was Liu Bei, in fact Zhuge Liang had the final say on many things, and he really did. There is no dissent, the opposite sex assists Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's son.

More importantly, Zhuge Liang’s talent in military management is also very outstanding. Although he is described as very powerful in the novel, in fact he is not that powerful in reality, but he is definitely not a fool. . His style of military management can be seen from the "Fifteen Laws" he founded. Let's talk about Sima Guang again. Maybe we know that Sima Guang's story is "Smashing the Vat". In fact, he was also a very good official. He was Ren in the Northern Song Dynasty. His courtesy name was Junshi. He was a very pedantic man. He was from Xia County, Shanxi Province. Politicians, historians, and writers of the Northern Song Dynasty claimed to be descendants of Sima Fu, King Anpingxian of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Sima Guang was different from Zhuge Liang in that he was not invited by Song Renzong. Instead, he gained fame through his own efforts, became a Jinshi, and finally became a bachelor. He is a gentle, humble, upright, hardworking and diligent person.

In the early years, Sima Guang was close friends with Wang Anshi, Shi Yangxiu, Bao Zheng and others (birds of a feather flock together, Bao Zheng was actually friends with him), and he went to Yunzhou to serve as a co-judge. Many people may not know what a tongpan does, but he is actually responsible for supervising and inspecting officials throughout the state. Due to his upright side, he has made outstanding contributions to local governance.

So, he can be called an upright official. After all, he can be friends with Bao Zheng, and his character is not bad.

And this is just to list two well-known upright officials, and there are also some not-so-famous upright officials, so I won’t go into details one by one. In fact, although Ximen Bao is an upright official, he has great influence on the current dynasty. The contribution was not as great as imagined.