When Fan Zhongyan was less than 3 years old, his father died of illness. He remarried with his mother to Jia Zhu, a wealthy family in Changshan. Fan Zhongyan studied hard since he was a child. He often goes to Liquan Temple in nearby Changbai Mountain for boarding study. In the morning and evening, I read satirical recitation. His persistent spirit of reading films left a deep impression on the monks.
At that time, his life was extremely difficult. He only cooks a pot of thick porridge every day, cools it, cuts it into four pieces, eats two pieces in the morning and evening, and eats it with finely chopped pickles. After eating, he continues to study. Later generations have the reputation of rowing porridge and cutting horseshoes. The ancient prose reads: "Make a porridge every day, divide it into four portions, take two tablets in the morning and evening, cut off several stems and add less salt." If so, three years. "
Zheng _ "Yesterday's Temple Day": read the society, cook two liters of millet, make a porridge, and set it later; Draw four pieces with a knife, take two pieces in the morning and two pieces in the evening, and cut off dozens of stems. If the son stays at home to study, he will report it to his father, give it to the chef and make it public, and then he will know that he has lost. The son who stayed behind said, "My Lord heard that the government was poor, but he left food behind. Do you have to treat mutual affection as a crime? " Gong Xie said, "I don't feel generous and eat porridge for a long time." I enjoyed it today, but I can't spit it out the next day! "
Fan Zhongyan came to Yingtianfu Academy in Suiyang at the age of 23. Yingtianfu Academy originated from the famous scholar Qi. When Fan Zhongyan arrived at the academy, Qi was already dead (according to Mr. Qian Mu's point of view, it was wrong to say that Fan Zhongyan relied on literature in the case of Song History and Song Yuan Studies).
Fan Zhongyan was an outstanding politician and writer in the early years of Northern Song Dynasty. He not only made outstanding contributions in politics, but also showed extraordinary talents in literature and military affairs. He wrote the famous Yueyang Tower. The famous sentence "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" is deeply loved by future generations and widely read.