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Zu Chongzhi, Li Bai, Xuanzang, Su Shi, Xu Xiake and Li Shizhen, what are the main achievements of these historical figures?
Zu Chongzhi: Mathematician and astronomer, mainly studying mathematics (pi) and astronomy. The title of the book is 6 volumes of Composition, 9 volumes of Notes on Nine Chapters of Arithmetic Meaning, 1 volume of Notes on Complex Differences. In astronomical calendar, he compiled Da Ming Calendar and wrote a refutation for Da Ming Calendar. In the notes recorded in ancient books, Zu Chongzhi's works such as Yijing, Laozi Yi, Zhuangzi Yi, Interpretation of Analects of Confucius and Interpretation of Filial Piety are all lost. In terms of literary works, he wrote 10 volume "Telling Different Stories", and fragments of this work can be seen in books such as "Taiping Magnolia".

Li Bai (70 1 ~ 762): a great poet in Tang Dynasty in China. The word is too white, and the number is purple. There are about 900 existing poems in Changlong, Mianzhou (now Jiangyou, Sichuan).

Xuanzang (about 600~664) was a monk in the Tang Dynasty, the founder of Faxiangzong, a Buddhist sutra translator and a traveler. The common surnames are Chen and his first name. Luo Zhoujia (now Yanshi, Henan Province) learned from Western learning.

Su Shi (1037 ~1101) was a writer and painter in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zi Zizhan, a famous Dongpo layman, was born in Meishan, Sichuan. A writer, poet and poet in Song Dynasty.

Xu Xiake (1587- 164 1) was an outstanding geographer and traveler in the Ming Dynasty. Born into a declining gentry family in Nanchang Village, Mazhen Town, Jiangyin. When he was young, he was brilliant and read widely. At the age of 22, he gave up his career and began to roam the motherland. In the past 34 years, he has traveled all over 16 provinces and regions. He has made great achievements in the study of mountains, rivers, geology and landforms, and is a pioneer in the investigation and study of limestone landforms in the world. The Travels of Xu Xiake is regarded as a wonderful book of ancient people. There are many related cultural relics in his hometown.

Li Shizhen, born in the 13th year of Zhengde in Ming Wuzong (A.D. 15 18) and died in the 21st year of Wanli in Zongshen (A.D. 1593), was born in Qichun County, Hubei Province, with a total of19,000 words and 52 volumes. Among them, many mistakes have been corrected, and outstanding achievements have been made in many aspects such as animal and plant taxonomy, and contributions have also been made to other related disciplines (biology, chemistry, mineralogy, geology, astronomy, etc.). Darwin praised it as "an encyclopedia of ancient China".