Biography of the National Heroes of the Ming Dynasty

This book is divided into three volumes. The first volume is "National Hero Qi Jiguang and His Qi Jiajun", which is a revised version of "The Legend of National Hero Qi Jiguang". Qi Jiguang's fourth wife, Yang Yuee, was the granddaughter of Tang Shunzhi's master Yang Song and was changed to the daughter of the famous admonisher Yang Jisheng. Yang Jisheng wrote a letter to impeach the traitor Yan Song in the 26th year of Jiajing (1547 AD). In the 34th year of Jiajing (1555 AD), he was beheaded together with Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong. Yang Jisheng's wife Zhang committed suicide after learning about it. His friend Tang Shunzhi adopted Yang Jisheng's son Yang Tianming and daughter Yang Yuee. Qi Jiguang's teacher Shen Rui adopted Zhang Jing's son Zhang Wenzhong. Zhang Wenzhong and Yang Tianming later became Qi Jiguang's subordinates. It mainly tells about Qi Jiguang's battles such as Longshansuo, Cengang and Huajie during the two battles in Zhejiang in pacifying the Japanese rebellion. With the help of Shen Rui, Tang Shunzhi and others, he successfully formed the Qi family army, as well as the Battle of Hengyu Island, Lindun, Pinghaiwei and Xianyou in Fujian, and the Battle of Nan'ao Island in Guangdong. The middle volume is "The Legend of the Heroes of the Wanli Korean War", which mainly tells the story of the Japanese Taige Toyotomi Hideyoshi launching a war of aggression against Korea from the 20th to the 26th year of Wanli (1592 to 1598 AD), which was called Wanli Korea in China. War, the story of the national heroes Li Rusong, Song Yingchang, Wu Weizhong, Deng Zilong, and Qi Jiguang's nephew Qi Jin helped the Korean army and people fight against the Japanese invaders, and also told the anti-Japanese deeds of the Korean national hero Yi Sunchen and other generals. The second volume is "The Biography of Taiwan's National Heroes", which mainly tells the stories of Shen Yourong and Zheng Chenggong, who successively successfully recovered Taiwan and other national heroes.