Renowned Confucianists in history, such as Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu of the Song dynasty, Zhu Xi and Wang Fuzhi of the Ming, and Zheng Banqiao and Zeng Guofan of the Qing, all left behind their own sets of family precepts.
歷史上的名臣大儒如宋朝的司馬光、歐陽修、朱熹；明朝的王夫之及清朝的鄭板橋、曾國藩等等，都留有家訓。