宋嘉定元年(1208年),状元郑性之在福州“画马送灶神”和“一针救两命”的故事,几乎是家喻户晓,而且脍炙人口。但郑性之为何方人氏,自宋以来却莫衷一是。明黄仲昭的《八闽通志》说他是“侯官人”;清乾隆《长乐县志·人物》称他为“长乐十都人,徙居侯官。”其注引夏允彝志云:“按 The first year of Song Jiading (1208), the champion Zheng Xingzhi in Fuzhou, “drawing a horse to cook God” and “a needle to save two lives” story, is almost a household name, and win universal praise. However, why the person of Zheng’s family, since the Song did not agree. Ming Huang Zhongzhao’s “Eight Annals of Fujian” said he was “Hou Guanren”; Qing Emperor Qianlong’s “Changle County Chi people” called him “Changle ten people, resettlement Hou official.”