Shao Yong was a famous philosopher, mathematician, Taoist priest and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. Representative works include Jing Ji Jing Shi, Viewing the Internal and External Affairs, and Congenital Map. He, Zhou Dunyi, Zhang Zai, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi are also called "the five sons of the Northern Song Dynasty".

Shao Yong was a philosopher in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Shao Yong (10 1 1 year-1077), a famous philosopher, mathematician, Taoist and poet in Northern Song Dynasty, was born in Fan Yang (now Shaokang Village, Linzhou City, Henan Province). Not so ambitious, like to study hard, travel around the world, and realize that "Tao is enough." After studying River Map, Luo Shu and Eight Diagrams, he was successful in his studies, including Huang Shi, Observing Things Inside and Outside, Congenital Map, Asking Fishermen's Rights, Killing the Earth in Yichuan, Plum Blossom Poems and so on. Tiansheng four years (1026), Shao Yong 16 years old. He followed his father to Sumen Mountain in * * * and lived here. In the first year of Kangding (1040), Shao Yong was thirty years old and traveled in Henan. Because his parents were buried in Yishui (a tributary of Nanluoshui in Henan), he became a native of Henan (now Luoyang in Henan). In the first year of Song Renzong (1049), he settled in Luoyang and made a living as a professor. In the seventh year of Jiaqing (1062), he moved to the west of Luoyang Tiangong Temple and south of Tianjin Bridge and became Mr. An Le. When traveling, you must take a bus and pull alone. Jia and Ning Chu were both arraigned twice, saying they couldn't go. Ning Shi nian (1077) died at the age of 67. In the Yuan Dynasty, Ji Kang Festival was given to me.

Shao Yong's works

Huang Shishu is a book that uses and studies the origin, natural evolution and social and historical changes of the universe. It is famous for studying Heluo and physiognomy. Wen Qiao Dui focuses on the mystery and philosophy of all things in the world, the education of Yin and Yang and life morality. Shao Yong wrote more than 3,000 poems in his life, most of which were included in "The Collection of Killing the Earth in Yichuan". "Plum Blossom Poetry", "Singing in the Mountain Village" and so on.