Yongfeng has a long history and prosperous humanities, and is known as the "country of righteousness". Founded from the Northern Song Dynasty to the first year of Zhengzheng (1054), for more than 900 years, the mountains and rivers are beautiful and the folk customs are simple, which gave birth to Ouyang Xiu, an astronomer in the Northern Song Dynasty, Liu E, a writer in the Yuan Dynasty, Ceng Zhuo He, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, a minister of war, Guo Rulin, a diplomatic historian in the Ming Dynasty, and the People's Liberation Army. According to county records, there are 287 scholars in Yongfeng. One of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, a famous politician, writer, historian and literary scholar in Northern Song Dynasty-Ouyang Xiu, the first scholar in Qing Dynasty, a generation of celebrities, teacher Kangxi, a famous official in Ming Dynasty, a minister of war, an astronomer in Northern Song Dynasty, a writer in Yuan Dynasty, an academician and a historian-Liu E, Former Major General of the People's Liberation Army, deputy director of the General Political Department, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Central Military Commission, member of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the CPC Central Committee-member of the Central Advisory Committee-former commander of the China People's Liberation Army Air Force and deputy chief of staff of the People's Liberation Army-Wu (born in Yongfeng when he was commissioned), former deputy political commissar of the Yunnan Military Region, vice president of People's Republic of China (PRC) the Supreme People's Court, president of the Military Court of the People's Liberation Army of China, and consultant and political commissar of the Second Artillery Corps of the People's Liberation Army-Jin Rubai, Zhou Xingyuan, former first secretary of Yunnan Provincial Committee, director of Provincial Revolutionary Committee, political commissar and first secretary of Kunming Military Region, Huang Oudong, former commander of Central Guard Division, secretary of Liaoning Provincial Committee and member of Central Advisory Committee, Deputy Commander of Beijing Garrison-Liu Huishan, former Second Political Commissar of Heilongjiang Military Region, Second Political Commissar of Jiangxi Military Region, Consultant-former Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of Liaoning Military Region, Chief of Staff of Ministry of Communications, Deputy Director of Founding Major General-Zhou Yongyuan, Director of Shanghai Garrison, Deputy Political Commissar-former Deputy Director of Political Department of Zeng Fangchuan Naval Fleet, Political Commissar of Naval Fleet Aviation, and Founding Major General-Deputy Director of Strategic Teaching and Research Department of Zhang Hua National Defense University (Deputy Military Rank)