Fu Lei has always advocated the principle of education, that is, the life creed that parents should give their children is: first to be a person, then to be an artist, then to be a musician, and finally to be a pianist.

This is the creed that Fu Lei used to educate his son in "Fu Lei's Family Letter".

"Fu Lei Family Letters" is a collection of letters written by Fu Lei and his wife Zhu Meifu to their sons Fu Cong and Fu Min.

According to Fu Lei himself, the main purposes of writing letters are: to discuss art and Chinese classical culture; to inspire young people's feelings; to train Fu Cong's writing and thinking; to be a faithful "mirror"; to guide son's life. The content of the letter, in addition to trivial matters in life, is more about talking about art and life.

Extended information

"Fu Lei's Family Letter" was first published in 1981. The publication of "Fu Lei's Family Letter" was a sensational cultural event at that time and has been a best-seller for more than 30 years. It is a family letter written by Fu Lei and his wife to Fu Cong and his daughter-in-law Mila from 1954 to May 1966. It was edited by the second son Fu Min.

These family letters began in 1954, when Fu Cong left home to study in Poland, and ended in 1966, when Fu Lei and his wife could not bear the humiliation during the "Cultural Revolution" and both committed suicide.

Hundreds of letters over the past twelve years run through Fu Cong’s growth experience from studying abroad, becoming famous as a performer to getting married and having children. They also reflect Fu Lei’s translation work, friendships and the ups and downs of Fu Lei’s family. Fu Lei and his wife were very attentive. They kept all their son's letters properly and copied the key contents into volumes.

Fu Lei attaches great importance to the cultivation of moral cultivation. In his educational philosophy, a person should have both ability and political integrity and put morality first. For artists, the most fundamental form of excellent moral quality is only Only with noble moral qualities can we create noble works of art, which he constantly emphasized in "Fu Lei's Family Letter".

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