Speaking of Fan Zhongyan, we are all familiar with him, especially his words? Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later? It has had a great influence on us, but according to the records of relevant documents, Fan Zhongyan's background is actually very low, but because of this, Fan Zhongyan knows the life of the poor very well, so he thinks about the people everywhere after he takes office.
During his years as an official, he can be said to be honest and clean, which can be described in eight words? Be an official and benefit one party? It was because of this noble character that he became the most famous official at that time. However, although Fan Zhongyan was in a high position, he did not indulge his family. On the contrary, he restrained them more and prevented them from becoming playboys.
As the saying goes? No more than three generations? However, through the relevant history, we can easily find that Fan Zhongyan's family has flourished for 800 years, mainly because of his strict requirements for future generations. When Fan Zhongyan died, he left no wealth to his family. The only thing left is those eight words: self-improvement, self-reliance, reading, thrift and doing good.
It is precisely because of these eight words that Fan Zhongyan's family has since reached its peak. According to the records of relevant literature, after Fan Zhongyan's death, his four sons strictly abided by family rules, and then, with the passage of time, they were admitted to the Jinshi, began to climb up one by one, and finally became official prime ministers.
To sum up, we can easily see that the main reason why Fan Zhongyan was able to revitalize his family business with eight words was that his descendants obeyed family rules.