Millennium family tradition and family motto: 400 Jinshi and 80 Number One Scholars. How can a family prosper for 800 years?

Everyone has heard of the famous line from \”Yueyang Tower\”, \”Be worried about the world\’s worries first, and be happy after the world\’s happiness.\” The author of this poem is Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the generation. Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty was a native of Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province. His father died when he was two years old. His mother was too poor to make a living, so she had to take him and remarry. When he grew up, after learning about this, he cried goodbye to his mother and lived in a Buddhist temple to study hard. Because of his good karma, Fan Gong heard the Buddha\’s true Dharma from an early age, kept the pure precepts, and worked hard to encourage himself and work hard. After he grew up and became an official, he believed deeply in Buddhism and was willing to do good deeds and cultivate many blessings. Wherever he stayed when he was an official, he would build temples, respect the monks, lead the local people to believe in the Three Jewels, and spare no efforts in promoting Buddhism. He has known how to be determined since he was a child. One day he went to a fortune teller, and when he went to a place, he saw a fortune teller, and he simply asked: \”Can you help me see if I can become prime minister?\” This fortune teller had never seen him before in his life. The child actually said that he wanted to be the prime minister, which was really shocking. He said to Fan Zhongyan: \”You are so young, why do you have such a loud voice?\” Fan Zhongyan was a little embarrassed, and then he said to the fortune teller: \”Otherwise, this is better. Let\’s see if I can be a doctor?\” The fortune teller was a little puzzled. Why are the wishes so different? So I asked him: \”Why did you choose two wishes?\” Fan Zhongyan replied: \”Because only good looks and good doctors can save people.\” After hearing this, the fortune teller was very moved, and a child thought about saving people. , the fortune teller immediately said to Fan Zhongyan: \”You have such a heart, which is the heart of a real prime minister, so you will definitely be able to be the prime minister in the future.\” How poor is he? He cooks a pot of porridge, waits for the porridge to cool, and then cuts the porridge with a knife. He only eats one piece at a meal, which is called porridge for food. It can be seen that his material life is so difficult. But even in such a difficult situation, something happened: One night, Fan Zhongyan was studying under the moonlight, and he might not have had dinner. The elder of the temple saw him and felt sorry for him, so he took out a piece of bread and quietly placed it on the The stone table left. At that time, Fan Zhongyan probably got the samadhi of reading and entered Zhengding, but he didn\’t notice it. At this time, suddenly, he heard a \”squeaking\” sound, and then discovered that a mouse actually picked up his dough and ran away desperately, getting under a redbud tree. Fan Zhongyan hurriedly put down the book and chased after him. He became curious again, so he took a shovel to dig the mouse hole. After digging through the loess, he found a stone slab underneath. He opened the stone slab and saw that it was full of bright mice. Gold ingot! Who would have thought that he wouldn\’t be moved by this? There was no one else around at the time, and his family was so poor, but he didn\’t take any of it. He covered the stone slab and buried it again until he became a high-ranking official in the future. The matter has been hidden in his heart for decades. Decades later, one day, Liquan Temple, the temple where Fan Gong studied, was burned down in a fire. The elder of the temple sent someone to ask for help. Mr. Fan recalled the scene that year, wrote a note, and asked the visitor to hand it to the elder. It says: One kiln of gold in the east of Jingdong, one kiln of silver in the west of Jingzhou, half of which will be used to build the temple, and half of which will be given to the monks. Fan Zhongyan, a great fortune-teller, asked a Feng Shui master to look at his mother\’s grave.The Shui family said that his mother\’s grave was a \”dead spot\” and that his family would have no descendants, so they persuaded him to move. He said: \”Since I am a Jedi, I shouldn\’t let others suffer it. I would rather suffer it myself. If I should die, what is the use of moving the grave?\” In the end, the grave was not moved. At that time, there was a famous Feng Shui treasure land in Suzhou – Nanyuan. Fan Zhongyan was serving as prime minister and was a native of Suzhou, so many people persuaded him to buy Nanyuan as a residence to help future generations produce talents and become high officials. Fan Zhongyan said that the scope of his family\’s prosperity was too small, so he bought Nanyuan and established the \”Suzhou Academy\”, which trained many talents. This land is now the site of a high school in Suzhou. Over the past one thousand years, nearly 400 Jinshi scholars and more than 80 top scholars have appeared here. He built Italy not to benefit himself, but to let more people live in such a feng shui, close to mountains and rivers, and the effect of reading is particularly good. After his death, his son Fan Chunren became prime minister again, and talented people emerged from generation to generation. As the saying goes: You can only be rich for three generations, but Fan Gong\’s family has been prosperous for eight hundred years! Fan Gong\’s four sons were not only noble officials with high moral standards, but also followed their father\’s style of sacrificing wealth to help the world. Their descendants also frequently became officials in the court, all of which were due to Fan Gong\’s protection. Therefore, if people in the world want their descendants to be prosperous and prosperous for a long time, they should learn from the methods of public accumulation and good deeds. NO.1 \”Dongxuan Records\” written by Wei Tai in the Song Dynasty during the poor period: \”The Duke and Liu were studying together in the monk\’s residence of Liquan Temple in Changbai Mountain. They made a container of porridge every day and divided it into 4 pieces. In the morning and evening, they took 2 pieces and cut off the stems to count the stems. , eat it with a little salt. Do this for three years.\” When Fan Zhongyan was young, he studied diligently. Cook a pot of porridge every day, wait for it to cool and solidify, divide it into 4 pieces, and eat two pieces in the morning and evening. Just a few pickles and a little salt mixed into the porridge, and I ate like this for three years. NO.2 Volume 3 of Zhu Bian\’s \”Old News of Quwei\” during the Song Dynasty: \”Fan family has been a noble man since he was a noble man. He lived in poverty, poverty and thrift, and his descendants all abide by the family law. After Zhongxuan Zhengzheng worshipped, he tried to keep Chao Meishu with his dagger. When he saw the chopsticks, Uncle Mei retreated and said to people: \”Prime Minister, the family tradition has changed.\” When asked, he replied: \”On top of the salted soybean chess pieces, there are two clusters of meat. Doesn\’t it mean that the family tradition has changed?\” Everyone laughed. \” Fan Zhongyan said Even after becoming a high official, he is still simple and frugal. One day, Fan Zhongyan had a guest over for dinner. After the guest had eaten, he said to people: \”Prime Minister Fan\’s family tradition has changed!\” People asked: \”What kind of change?\” The guest said: \”A few salty beans are arranged like chess pieces. On the plate, there are two small clusters of meat on top of the salted beans. In the past, when he was poor, he only had a few pickles. Now, with two small clusters of meat, hasn\’t the family tradition changed?\” People listened and laughed. Open mouth from ear to ear. NO.3 Sons Female Fan Zhongyan has four sons. \”Wenzheng\’s four sons, Chunyou was named Tiancheng, Chunren was named Yaofu, Chunli was named Yisou, and Chun was named Deru.\” Fan Zhongyan\’s children should be the \”rich second generation\”. Driving a BMW, getting into a fight, or playing with a woman should not be a problem. Let’s take a look at what Zhu Bian of the Song Dynasty said about Fan Zhongyan’s son in \”Old News of Quwei\”: \”Fan Zhengping was a son of Yi, and he was also the son of Zhongxuan. He was diligent in learning, and his conduct was better than that of a poor scholar. He had classes with foreigners at Juelin Temple, and went to the city for twenty Here. When Zhongxuan was in power, he used the defeat fan to block the sun and walked around. People often didn\’t know that he was the son of Zhongxuan Gong.\” Fan Zhongyan\’s son\’s conduct was better than that of children from poor families. He never showed off: \”Why does my father…How…\” He was studying outside the city, twenty miles away from the city. In summer, he used a broken fan to keep out the sun and walked forty miles back and forth to school every day. No one knew that his father was a high official in the capital. NO. 4 After his death, Gong Mingzhi of the Song Dynasty recorded in \”Zhongwu Jiwen\”: \”Fan Wenzheng was the King of Yama. \”There was a man named Zeng in the Song Dynasty. His father passed away on the \”fifty-seventh day\”, that is, on the 35th day. His family dreamed that his late father came home, rummaged through the cabinets, took a new piece of clothing, and left. The family members cried and asked: \”Father, you are in such a hurry. Just left? \”The late father said: \”Tomorrow I will see Mr. Fan Wenzheng. He has a decent style and must not dress inappropriately. The family asked again: \”Is Mr. Fan Wenzheng still in the underworld?\” \”My late father said: \”Fan Wenzhenggong is in charge of life and death in the underworld. \”When the family members woke up from the dream, they thought of what the Buddhists said: \”When a person dies on the fifth day of his life, he will see King Yama. How can it be that Wen Zhenggong is smart and upright, so he is an evil official! \”It is said that the King of Yama in the underworld is not a lifelong one, but an appointment system. Fan Zhongyan was an upright official, and when he arrived in the underworld, he was naturally appointed as the King of Yama. Bao Qingtian also competed for the appointment of the King of Yama. Why was Fan Zhongyan able to realize his childhood ambition? ? And the children of the Fan Zhongyan family have been taught so successfully! Where is the educational gap compared to today? We have already understood it after seeing it! So the ancients said: the amount is great, the blessing is great. The decision has a certain reason. It is worthy of us Reflect and be able to humbly absorb the essence of wisdom from ancient sages and learn from it.