Fan Zhongyan’s wise sayings are as follows:
1. The clouds and mountains are green and the rivers are vast; the gentleman’s style is as high as the mountains as the rivers are.
From Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's "Mr. Yan's Ancestral Hall". Cang Cang, deep blue, refers to the distant and vast appearance. Yangyang, the appearance of vast water. Sir, this refers to Yan Guang (also known as Ziling), a famous scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wind, moral style. Yan Ziling was a famous scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a classmate of Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Liu Xiu became emperor, he invited Yan Ziling to become an official, but Yan Ziling refused and lived in seclusion on the Fuchun River.
These four sentences sing about this matter. The first two sentences describe the vastness of the distant mountains and the mighty and vast appearance of the river. They intend to use the scenery and the direct discussion of the last two sentences to complement each other, so as to naturally express the admiration for Yan Ziling's high moral integrity and indifference to fame and fortune.
2. Feel relaxed and happy, and forget all favors and disgrace.
From "Yueyang Tower" by Fan Zhongyan of Song Dynasty. Kuang, open. Yi, pleasure. Favor and disgrace, honor and disgrace. Climbing up the Yueyang Tower, you can have a panoramic view of the beautiful mountains and rivers around Dongting Lake. You can't help but open your mind and feel happy. All the honors and disgrace in the world are completely forgotten. This is the pleasant effect of landscape scenery.
3. Worry about the world’s worries first, and rejoice after the world’s happiness.
From "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Zhongyan in the Northern Song Dynasty. You should be sad before the people of the world are sad, and you should be happy after the people of the world are happy. This sentence reflects a noble feeling of caring about the country and the people.
4. When people don’t sleep, the general’s hair is white and his husband is in tears.
From "The Proud Fisherman" by Fan Zhongyan of the Northern Song Dynasty. The general couldn't sleep all night, his hair had turned gray, and the soldiers guarding the border wiped away tears of homesickness. These two lines of poetry express the poet's patriotic passion and strong homesickness, which constitute a complex and contradictory mood.
5. People come and go on the river, but they love the beauty of sea bass. You see, a boat is in and out of the storm.
From "The Fisherman on the River" by Fan Zhongyan. People come and go in Jiangshan, just enjoying the deliciousness of sea bass. Please look at the small boat in the lake, appearing in the storm.