Fang Yanqian. The original sentence comes from "Book of Sui: Biography of Fang Yanqian" written by Wei Zheng of the Sui Dynasty.

Original text:

The family has an old business, the assets are prosperous, and they have been in official positions. All the income and salary are used to care for relatives and friends. The family has no money left, so it is used for cars and servers. . From childhood to adulthood, his words and deeds have never been personal. Although he has been in vain many times, he is content and contented.

Smiling calmly and alone, Gu said to his son Xuanling: "Everyone is rich because of their salary, but I am poor because of my official position. The descendants left behind are innocent and pure ears." All writing styles are magnificent and elegant, with some The profoundness of the ancients. He is also good at cursive writing, and anyone who gets his ruler-slips will treasure them for fun.

Vernacular translation:

Fang Yanqian’s family has ancestral property, and his assets have always been rich. In addition, he has held official positions successively, and his salary has been used to support his relatives and friends, and his family. There is no extra money and daily expenses must be kept simple, diligent and thrifty. From childhood to adulthood, Fang Yanqian's words and deeds have never been related to personal gain. Although he often leads to poverty, he is also content with himself.

Once he smiled alone in leisurely time and turned around and said to his son Fang Xuanling: "Everyone is rich because of their official salary, but I am the only one who is poor because of my official salary. The only property left to future generations is "Innocent" is the word. "The articles he wrote are broad-minded, quiet and elegant, and have the sentiments of the ancients. He was also good at cursive official script. Anyone who got his letters would treat him like a treasure.

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Creative background:

In the fourth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 621), Linghu Defen proposed that Xiu Liang, Chen, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, Suggestions from Sui and other Five Dynasties histories. The following year, the Tang court ordered historians to compile it, but several years later, it was still not completed. In the third year of Zhenguan (AD 629), the History of the Five Dynasties was rewritten. Wei Zheng was in charge of the task and edited the "Book of Sui". Also participating in the compilation of Sui books were Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, Xu Jingzong and others.

In 636 (the tenth year of Zhenguan), the 38-year history was recorded from the first year of Emperor Wen's founding (581) to the second year of Yining (618), the second year of Emperor Gong of Sui. The records of emperors, biographies and other histories of the four dynasties in the Sui Dynasty were completed at the same time, collectively known as the "History of the Five Dynasties".