Are there any examples of historical celebrities who succeeded at a very old age? (such as the founders of Jiang Ziya and KFC)

Famous historical figures who succeeded at an advanced age are:

1, Wu Cheng'en:

At the age of 50, I wrote about the first ten times of The Journey to the West, and then I was interrupted for many years. It was not until he resigned in his later years and returned to his hometown that he was able to formally create The Journey to the West.

In order to compile The Journey to the West, Wu Cheng'en traveled all over the country and accumulated a lot of perceptual materials. Wu Cheng'en once wrote the famous poem "Song of Jiro Seeking Mountains".

2. Qi Baishi:

1889, at the age of 25, Qi Baishi began to study poetry with Hu Qinyuan and Chen Shaofan. With the help of Hu Qinyuan, he left the life of a carpenter and specialized in painting and making portraits for his family.

1894, Qi Baishi and Wang Zhongyan, who were 30 years old at that time, joined the Longshan Poetry Society and were elected as the president. Later, he joined the Luoshan Poetry Society together with An and others, reciting poems, painting and carving stones.

2. Zhuge Liang:

In his early years, he went to Jingzhou with his uncle Zhuge Xuan. After Zhuge Xuan's death, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Longzhong. After Liu Bei visited the Caotang, Zhuge Liang, 27, joined forces with Sun Quan of Soochow to defeat Cao Jun in the Battle of Red Cliffs.

Formed the trend of the Three Kingdoms and captured Jingzhou. Jian 'an sixteen years, captured Yizhou. Then he defeated Cao Jun and won Hanzhong. In the first year of Shu Zhangwu, Liu Bei established the Shu-Han regime in Chengdu, and Zhuge Liang was appointed as the prime minister at the age of forty to preside over the state affairs.

4. Liu Bang:

When Liu Bang proclaimed himself emperor after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he became more and more suspicious of the heroes who fought the world together in his later years, especially those kings with different surnames. Results Zang Fei, Zhang Ao, Han Wangxin, Peng Yue, Han Xin and Ying Bu were successively abolished and killed.

Ying Bu also rebelled, and Liu Bang personally conquered him. It was later passed on to Liu's descendants. Only Changsha County in Wu Rui was spared.

5. Jiang Ziya:

At the age of 72, Jiang Ziya fished in Panxi, the bank of Weihe River, and sought audience with Ji Chang by fishing. Before going out hunting, Ji Chang divined a divination and said: "The prey he got was neither a dragon nor a thorn, nor a tiger or a bear; The income is the assistant minister who has achieved the hegemony. "

Ji Chang went hunting and met Jiang Ziya on the north bank of Weihe River. After talking with Jiang Ziya, Jichang was overjoyed and thought that Jiang Taigong was a wizard. He said: "Since the late Lord Taigong said that there must be saints to come to the weekly meeting, the weekly meeting will flourish. That's you. We have been looking forward to you for a long time. " So Jiang Ziya was called King Taigong, and they rode home together, honoring him as their surname.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Wu Cheng'en

Baidu Encyclopedia-Qi Baishi

Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhuge Liang

Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Bang

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiang Ziya