▲ There is a strange phenomenon in Fan Zhongyan's portrait after the Tang Dynasty. After becoming an official, there is not a scholar who doesn't want posthumous title's "integrity". And as the ruler of the emperor, also won't give this posthumous title to people easily. Therefore, the people who can get Zheng Wen posthumous title are mostly admired by the literati at that time. Only two people in history have won this supreme honor, and Fan Zhongyan is one of them. Su Shi spoke highly of Fan Zhongyan: "Make a name, be a celebrity; Be happy after others and worry before others. After the latitude and longitude, the ignorant are suitable, and after the anecdote, it is unprecedented. " This means that Fan Zhongyan is not only an excellent official, but also an excellent accomplishment. He is a rare scholar because of his concern for the country. Fan Zhongyan is good at running a family. His family lasted for 800 years. From Fan Zhongyan's life experience, we can find two proverbs: "struggle"! If you love fighting, you will win. At different stages of life, what you strive for determines the height of life. 1 Teenagers work hard to lay the foundation of life. Fan Zhongyan has experienced hardships since childhood. All this seems to be deliberately arranged by God to make him grow up in hardships. According to the Records of Words and Actions of Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan lost his father at the age of two, and his mother was poor and helpless, but he took the young Fan Zhongyan and remarried Changshanzhu. For this reason, Fan Zhongyan was often laughed at by children when he was a child. When he grew up, he knew his life experience, and Fan Zhongyan was grateful to his mother. Seeing a lot of things, only reading can change your destiny. Therefore, Fan Zhongyan decided to stand on his own feet by reading. At the age of 22, he said goodbye to his mother and went to Du Nan College to study alone. He studied hard day and night, and in order to save time, he slept naked for five years. Tired of reading at night, he got up and soaked his face in cold water to sober himself up. He often studies hard during the day and doesn't eat until the sun sets. "History of Song Dynasty" records: "No food, followed by porridge. People can't compare with it, and Chinese cigarettes are not bitter. " In this way, he mastered the gist of six classic works. "I am determined to read all the books in the world." Fan Zhongyan is in Yingtian Academy, not envious of others, and has always maintained a poor lifestyle. This spirit of striving for the goal laid a cultural foundation for him in the future. At the age of 26, Fan Zhongyan became a monk in the name of "Zhu Shuo" and became a scholar from "cold Confucianism". In view of the imperial salary, Fan Zhongyan took his mother to support him. From then on, Fan Zhongyan began his career. There is a saying in the Book of Changes: "Heaven is strong, and gentlemen are constantly striving for self-improvement". Self-improvement is a state that every gentleman should have when he is young. If you can't eat the bitterness of reading, you must eat the bitterness of life. While we are young, we might as well work harder and harder. Middle-aged people strive for virtue, and the ancients said, "Derby is on the top, and I want to compare with it." Derby is ashamed when it is on the top, and satisfied when it is on the bottom. "When people reach middle age, their careers are stable and they are struggling for' morality'. The higher the virtue, the more popular it is. At this time, Fan Zhongyan, although in the ruling and opposition, was concerned about the safety of the people all over the world. "History of Song Dynasty" records: "(Fan Zhongyan) is really interested in the world. I often say to myself: worry about the world first, and then enjoy the world. " Perhaps the greater a person's ability, the greater his responsibility. At that time, locust plague occurred in Jianghuai area, and people lived in poverty. Fan Zhongyan asked the court to send someone to inspect, but there was no reply. So he beat him up and said, "What will happen if you don't eat for a long time in court?" The emperor was very moved after hearing this and ordered Fan Zhongyan to appease Jianghuai. Everywhere he went, he opened a warehouse for relief. Later, I went to Zhizhou to be a magistrate. There has been a flood this year, so people can't cultivate land. Fan Zhongyan led everyone to dredge the five rivers and lead Taihu Lake into the sea, which solved the disaster for the local people. Fan Zhongyan is also very talented in the military. At that time, Xia Hao sent troops to rebel and the border people were displaced. Fan Zhongyan recommended himself to guard the northwest. It turns out that the border defense system in the Song Dynasty was to lead troops according to official positions, and those with big official positions led more troops. When the enemy attacks, those with lower positions go out first. Fan Zhongyan thought this situation was "the way to defeat", so he personally reviewed the state soldiers. Eighteen thousand able-bodied men were selected and divided into six departments, each with its own duties, training and practicing various array tactics to cope with various situations. After his painstaking efforts, the people no longer went into exile and the local people began to return to normal order. There is a famous saying in the Book of Jin in the Tang Dynasty: "The hearts of the people return, and only the Tao is righteous." It means that ordinary people only support and yearn for truth and morality. This popular will, no matter who uses what method, cannot be reversed. Fan Zhongyan was born in poverty and later became a tyrant. He was not happy when he became famous, but he was very sad. My friend Teng wrote from Hunan, asking him to write down the rebuilt Yueyang Tower. He wrote a famous sentence throughout the ages: "Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later." This may be the sincerity of Fan Zhongyan who shoulders the heavy responsibility of governing the country. In middle age, he put "virtue" in the first place. Struggling in his later years, his adopted son Sun Zhifu celebrated in the first month of the fifth year. Under the attack of the opposition, the Qingli New Deal came to nothing. Fan Zhongyan was removed from the post of prime minister and sent to Dengzhou to become a small magistrate. This year, Fan Zhongyan was 57 years old. Although he was demoted, Fan Zhongyan was relieved. Fan Zhongyan was very calm in his later years. He was not busy with official business and began to choose to spend his old age safely. Dengzhou is a holy place for the elderly, which was reserved by the emperor for the elderly heroes. Fan Zhongyan, who is devoted to serving the country and running around all the year round, can finally have a rest this time. After supper, he often educates the children. Under his careful training, all four sons have become the pillars of the country. One of them became a prime minister, inherited his father's ambition, and was honest and clean. "Biography of Fan Zhongyan" records that a pair of father and son, the "five biographies" have been passed down from generation to generation, shining on the lintel and enduring forever. In Dengzhou, Fan Zhongyan wrote a poem "A Storm from Qianerfu Town, Establishing Family System in Baihuazhou" to express his optimistic and open-minded attitude. Luo Qi is full of spring, and Baihuazhou is looking for fragrance. Pu Luying, Hua Hua Ying Pu. The endless place suddenly became Taoyuan Road. Don't blame Shan Weng for talking about leisure. His fame and fortune have been lost for hours. The warbler knows the new sound, and the butterfly knows the dance. Talent and competition taught me sadness and unhappiness. The artistic conception of the word is to write about the appreciation of the scenery, but actually to express a person's retirement, happiness and optimism. Young and bloody, it is natural to fight and rush. But when I get older, my blood gas drops, and my body gets worse every day, so I can't stand too much tossing. Therefore, the best years of old age should be used for health preservation, which I worked hard to get when I was young. In his later years, Fan Zhongyan devoted more energy to managing his family, cultivated outstanding heirs and added more talents for national construction. Starting from Fan Zhongyan, the whole Fan family began a prosperous period of more than 800 years. This is a very magical thing for the feudal society of China, where imperial power is constantly changing. ▽ There is a Fan Wenzheng Temple in Wuxian County, Suzhou. The link is as follows: "A soldier is rich in chest, and a generation of fame is famous in Song Dynasty; Sorrow and joy are related to the world, and the beans of the Millennium are heavy. " Fan Zhongyan changed his destiny, left an eternal reputation, and used his life's efforts to govern the country by virtue. To be a man, you should learn from Fan Zhongyan, dare to bear hardships and stand hard work, and do your best for your family and country.