Yao, a famous ancestor of China at home and abroad, belongs to one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and is said to have been born in Gaoyou. According to the research in Historical Records of the Five Emperors: "When Yao was born, his mother was in the south of San 'a", according to the Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Place Names of China 193 1 published by Hong Kong Branch of the Commercial Press, "San 'a is in the northwest of gaoyou county, Jiangsu Province" and "gaoyou county has a town in the north, which is 90 miles away from the city, that is, the Jin Dynasty San. The surrounding area of Taji Town in Jinhu County (directly under Gaoyou in history, 1960 was placed under Jinhu County) is really called "San 'a", that is, Bei 'a, Xia 'a and Ping 'a. Up to now, local farmers still write "A Zhe in the northwest of Gaoyou" on the stove symbol when they send the kitchen god on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.
Celebrities have come forth in large numbers throughout the ages. From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, * * * had 177 Jinshi, including 428 Juren. Qin Guan, a famous litterateur in the Northern Song Dynasty, a graceful poet, and Sun Jue, a litterateur, an educator, Wang Pan, a right-handed prime minister and Sanqu writer in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi, an outstanding materialist philosopher in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (originally from Gaoyou), Wang Niansun, an exegetist in the Qing Dynasty, and Wu Sangui, a generation of fierce men, are famous representatives in all previous dynasties. Zhang Tingren and Ge Yaoshan were revolutionary martyrs in the early days of China's * * * production party. Former Vice Minister of Culture Xu Pingyu, paleontologist, cotton expert Sun, sericulture expert Zhao Hongji, kala-azar prevention expert Sun, historian Wang Shengzu, educator Shen, famous writer Wang Zengqi, etc. , enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad.