1. Jiao Yulu’s family tradition
General Secretary Xi Jinping highly appreciated the family tradition left by Jiao Yulu. When he visited Lankao in 2014, he could even tell stories about the past family traditions of Jiao Yulu's family.
Jiao Yulu has always opposed getting something for nothing. Therefore, the main family tradition he left to future generations is: do it yourself, have enough food and clothing. Let every child live by his own ability. If he has strength, live by strength. If he has talent, live by talent. No specialization should be allowed.
Under the influence of Jiao Yulu’s family tradition, his children all strive to become useful people to society. The eldest Jiao Shoufeng retired from the Kaifeng Federation of Trade Unions, the second Jiao Guoqing retired from the Kaifeng Local Taxation Bureau, the third Jiao Shouyun retired from the Zhengzhou Institute of Science and Technology Information, the fourth Jiao Shoujun retired from the Chengdu Military Region Archives, and the fifth Jiao Yuejin is currently the Kaifeng CPPCC Chairman, Lao Liujiao Baogang passed away in 2013.
Over the past 50 years since Jiao Yulu’s death, his children have encountered all the life problems that ordinary people encounter. However, no matter whether their lives are good or bad, his children have always protected their father's honor. This is the bottom line that the children of the Jiao family must abide by.
2. Qian Xuesen’s family tradition
Qian Xuesen was born in Shanghai in 1911. His father Qian Junfu went to Japan to study in his early years. He returned to China in 1911 and served as the director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education. .
Qian Xuesen was gifted and intelligent since he was a child. He was able to recite hundreds of Tang poems and Song lyrics at the age of 3. Her mother, Zhang Lanjuan, has a cheerful, enthusiastic and kind-hearted personality. She also has strong calculation ability and memory, and is very talented in mathematics.
Before entering elementary school, his mother taught Qian Xuesen how to read and read at home. His mother often taught him to study hard and not be lazy. This allowed Qian Xuesen to develop a good habit of getting up early every day. He did not need his mother to urge him to get up on time. After breakfast, I began to recite ancient poetry with my mother. When you're tired, read some children's books. In the afternoon, I either draw or practice calligraphy. This happens every day, without interruption.
My mother often taught Qian Xuesen traditional Chinese culture. Qian Xuesen loved hearing his mother tell him stories about Yue Fei's loyalty to the country, Lu You's return to the country with a sword, Du Fu's concern for the country and its people, Zhuge Liang's loyalty to the Han industry, and his "devotion to death" to assist the Shu Kingdom. Whenever he heard these stories, Qian Xuesen concentrated his attention and admired those heroes in his heart. The noble integrity of the ancients left a deep imprint on Qian Xuesen's heart.
If his mother laid a good foundation for Qian Xuesen’s study, then his father Qian Junfu played a crucial role in the development of Qian Xuesen’s thoughts and character. Qian Xuesen himself once said: “My first One of the teachers was my father. "
Under his father's education, Qian Xuesen set up a great ambition at a young age to be a useful person and the great hero he yearned for. Not only does he have good academic performance, but he is also good at thinking and likes to do everything to the extreme.
In 1935, Qian Xuesen, who graduated with honors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, decided to study in the United States. He was eager to use his knowledge to change the current situation of poverty and backwardness in his motherland. Before leaving, his mother bought him "Laozi", "Zhuangzi" and other classics on traditional Chinese culture. His mother told him: "If you read these books carefully, you can get some clues about the traditional philosophical thoughts of the motherland." Like his father, his mother also believed: "The characteristics and outlook on life of any nation are embodied in its history. Therefore, people who read history intensively are often the ones who have the deepest feelings for and the most loyalty to the motherland."
Farewell was about to begin, and his father Qian Junfu took out a piece of paper from his pocket and solemnly thrust it into his son's hand. , turned and left. Qian Xuesen waited until his father's back disappeared and hurriedly opened the note, which read: "People should be born with qualities: such as philosophy, such benevolence, such righteousness, such as wisdom, such as loyalty, such as brotherhood, such as teaching. My son this time Traveling west is not his long-cherished ambition, but he will return young and brilliant." A few words became a lesson that Qian Xuesen will remember for the rest of his life.
After studying in the United States, although the United States provided Qian Xuesen with a superior working environment and material benefits, Qian Xuesen in the United States has never forgotten his motherland and has never forgotten his desire to serve his motherland. Every time her mother, who is far away in China, writes to Qian Xuesen, she reminds him to study hard so that he can return to China as soon as possible. Qian Xuesen always kept his mother's teachings in mind. Many years later, after many twists and turns, Qian Xuesen finally returned to his motherland and devoted himself to the research of "two bombs and one satellite", making immortal contributions to the motherland's aerospace industry.
After Qian Xuesen and his wife Jiang Ying had their son Qian Yonggang, they also had strict requirements on their son just like his father treated himself. Although the Qian family was well off, his son often wore patched pants when he was young. When his son was seven or eight years old, Qian Xuesen asked his son to sweep the aisle in front of the building twice every morning and evening. Qian Yonggang still retains this habit to this day.
In the memory of his son Qian Yonggang, his parents never taught him political lessons, and they never told him that he should do this or not do that. Instead, they naturally followed the way they behaved and done things. affecting children.
Once, the cook at home said to Qian Yonggang solemnly: "Your father is a learned and educated man." Qian Yonggang said at that time: "You don't need to say that, I Of course I know!" But what the cook explained next made Qian Yonggang remember it for a lifetime: "You see, your father is neatly dressed every time he comes down to eat. He never wears slippers or vests.
This is because he thinks highly of us and respects us!" Qian Yonggang also learned from his father from then on, and still retains the habit of dressing neatly when eating.
When he grew up, Qian Gang once asked his mother: " You and dad never seem to care about us siblings. "My mother said very gently, "Aren't you very smart? Don't you know how to read?" Qian Yonggang has always remembered these words. He also watched what his father and mother did to compare himself with his daily behavior and review himself. p>
In 1957, the third year after Qian Xuesen returned to China, he was awarded the first prize of the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for writing "Engineering Cybernetics". Qian Xuesen received a bonus of 10,000 yuan for this. To improve conditions, he purchased the national economic construction bonds of the Second Five-Year Plan. Five years later, he received about 11,000 yuan with interest. At that time, the University of Science and Technology of China had just been founded, and Qian Xuesen was a professor in the Department of Modern Mechanics. Director, he donated money to the school, hoping to use it to purchase teaching supplies. This is Qian Gang's most intuitive memory of his father when he was at home. He reads books when he has time. Influenced by his family, Qian Yonggang also loved reading since he was a child. When he was in the second grade of elementary school, he read novels with a dictionary every day. Jiang Ying was very happy after hearing this. She was always happy when she gave her son pocket money, and sometimes she even gave him more. "She knew that I would not spend it arbitrarily, so all the money was used to buy books." "
Qian Xuesen was busy with work on weekdays and did not check Qian Yonggang's reading status. On weekends, he had a little free time. After dinner, he sat on the sofa and asked Qian Yonggang how he was reading. " I quickly showed him the mark I had made. After reading it in one summer vacation, and adding his answers, I felt that I knew a lot of things that I didn't know before. This is what motivated me to read. "Qian Yonggang said.
As time passed, Qian Yonggang discovered that when his father answered questions for him, he was not as detailed as the teacher in class. "For each question, he would just say a few sentences and explain the key points. OK, you can think about it yourself. "This made Qian Yonggang develop a good habit of thinking.
The Qian family in Jiangnan is full of talents and famous people. The "Qian Family Instructions" left by their ancestor Qian Liu, King of Wuyue, is passed down. To this day. One of them reads: "Don't seek benefits for yourself, but those who benefit the world must seek them." "
Qian Yonggang believes that the core of "Qian's Family Instructions" are two points, one is "to be promising" and the other is "to keep the bottom line". "If I want to use one sentence to summarize our family's Family motto, that should be 'the historical responsibility of the intellectuals of the Chinese nation'. ”
“A good family tradition is like spring breeze or spring rain. You don’t think it has much influence on you on one thing, but as time goes by and the influence accumulates, it is enough to influence a person. growth. "Qian Yonggang said.
Excerpts from "Qian's Family Instructions": Don't seek benefits for yourself, but those who benefit the world must seek them. Do not offend heaven and earth with your mind, and be worthy of the sages in your words and deeds. Zengzi Don’t forget the three things. Cheng Zi’s motto is to be cautious when dealing with wealth and to be generous in dealing with things. , Protect yourself like jade, love the people like a son, and remove beetles like enemies. Be strict to control the people, and be lenient to care for the people.
3. The story of Yuan Longping’s family tradition
Yuan Longping, September 7, 1930. Born in Beijing in De'an County, Jiangxi Province, he is a non-party person and currently lives in Changsha, Hunan Province. He is a Chinese hybrid rice breeding expert and is known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice" in China. He was elected as a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in April 2006. Received an honorary doctorate from Macau University of Science and Technology in 2011.
He is currently a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC National Committee, Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Association for Science and Technology. . Director of the National Hybrid Rice Engineering Technology Research Center and Director of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, Honorary Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology of Southwest University, Professor of Hunan Agricultural University, Visiting Professor of China Agricultural University, Honorary President of Huaihua Vocational and Technical College, Hunan Biomechanical and Electrical Engineering Honorary President of Vocational and Technical College, Chief Consultant of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and Honorary Chairman of the World Chinese Healthy Diet Association.
On January 3, 2014, Yuan Longping’s team responded to the research on genetically modified rice, which has not yet been nominated for practice. A famous Chinese hybrid rice breeding expert, an Indian geneticist and a Pakistani human rights activist are competing for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Yuan Longping has three children, one studying finance, one studying management, and the youngest son studying agriculture. He inherited his career. Yuan Longping is "indifferent" to his children's education and respects their choices. Now they are all successful in their careers. In terms of family education, Yuan Longping seems to choose "teaching by example" rather than "instruction by words". In this way, he has set a correct example for his children with his life of struggle, so that they can get the best education "in silence". In a certain sense, this is the best family tradition, and it is eternal.
Yuan Longping’s famous saying: There is nothing wrong with pursuing fame and fortune, but some people strive for fame and fortune without doing much, no matter what awards they win or what articles they publish. Struggle. Some honest people do a lot of things but don't care about fame and fortune. I think they will feel better if they take fame and fortune lightly and don't compete for fame and fortune.
4. Zeng Guofan’s family tradition
Zeng Guofan is a controversial figure in modern history, but his education for his children left a lot for future generations to learn from. The family tradition of diligence, frugality, learning and pragmatism has been passed down to the descendants of the Zeng family. Zeng Guofan once left a sixteen-character motto on family tradition: "A frugal family will be prosperous, and a diligent person will be healthy; if you can be diligent and frugal, you will never be poor."
Manage the family with frugality. Zeng Guofan has always asked his family to live frugally and stay away from luxury. In the capital, he saw that the children of the aristocratic family were blindly extravagant, corrupt and squandering, so he refused to allow his children to live in the capital. His first wife has been living with her children in her hometown in the countryside, and no plaques saying "Prime Minister's Mansion" or "Hou Mansion" are allowed to be hung outside the door. Zeng Guofan demanded that he "lead his subjects with integrity, manage his family with frugality, and vow not to use any money from the military to support his family." His wife had no money left at home, so she cooked and weaved herself.
Be diligent in your studies. In addition to "frugality", Zeng Guofan's other requirement for his children is "diligence". Zeng Guofan insisted on writing letters to his children, correcting poems and essays for them, and discussing various issues in their studies and life. He wrote to his son Zeng Jize, asking him to dress neatly after getting up every day, greet his uncle and uncle first, clean the whole house before sitting down to read, and practice 1,000 words every day.
Zeng Guofan also urged his family to study every day and made strict study plans for the whole family many times: "My men are indispensable for reading, reading, writing and composing. Women are indispensable for clothing and food." The four words "rough (work)" and "fine (work)) are indispensable."
Pay attention to tutoring. Zeng Guofan had three sons and five daughters. His youngest daughter, Zeng Jifen, lived the longest, living to the age of 91. In 1875, Zeng Jifen married into the Nie family in Hunan. Zeng Guofan stipulated that when each daughter gets married, the dowry should not exceed 200 taels of silver. At the same time, the dowry should also include a homework sheet written by her father. Zeng Guofan wanted to train his daughter to be a diligent and thrifty housewife. In fact, her daughter did better than her father expected.
5. The tutoring story of the Tao Yuanming family
Through their words and deeds, Tao Mu and Tao Kan created a famous family - the Tao family in Xunyang, and also created many talents, among whom the most The most famous one is Tao Yuanming, the great-grandson of Tao Kan.
Everyone knows that Tao Yuanming is free and open-minded. He is famous for being a "reclusive poet", "the founder of the pastoral poetry school", "not bowing down for five buckets of rice" and "wine in every poem". What is less known is that Tao Yuanming He also paid great attention to educating his children and grandchildren.
At that time, Tao Yuanming went to Pengze to be the county magistrate, and his family was short of labor. To this end, he hired a laborer to help his son with chores such as chopping wood and carrying water. At the same time, he wrote a short letter home to his son: "You are struggling to support yourself every day. I am sending this force to help you with your salary." It's a labor of love. This is also a son of man, so you can treat him well." It means that it is difficult for you to cope with the daily living expenses alone. Now I am asking a laborer to go home and ask him to help you with the hard work of chopping wood and carrying water. But he is also a child raised by other people's parents, and you should treat them well.
Another family letter, "Yu Ziyan and others", warns descendants to be in harmony, "Although you are not born in the same family, you should think of the righteousness of being brothers all over the world." You must value morality and cultivate yourself, and follow the examples of saints and sages. "Although I can't do it, I sincerely appreciate it."
Tao Yuanming’s emphasis on brotherly harmony is related to his own personal experience. Tao Yuanming, his two cousins ??Zhongde and Jingyuan, and his half-sister, Cheng's sister, have supported each other since childhood and have a deep relationship. After Cheng's sister passed away, he not only resigned immediately to attend the funeral, but also wrote a sincere "Essay in Honor of Cheng's Sister" to express his grief.
The family education stories of Tao's ancestors such as Tao Mu, Tao Kan, Tao Yuanming, etc. deeply influenced Tao's descendants, and gradually formed a systematic Tao family motto, with 20 articles and more than 1,300 words, including sincerity. Contents such as self-cultivation, choosing friends, keeping integrity, filial piety, upright ethics, etc.
The characteristic of Tao's family motto is that it takes "virtuous" and "honest" as its essence, and transforms the thoughts and spirits of Tao Mu, Tao Kan, Tao Yuanming and others into the specific content of family rules and mottos. "Don't learn cunning techniques, don't make useless friends", inheriting Tao's mother's idea of ??making good friends; "cultivating yourself must not be dishonest" and "doing not abide by the law", inheriting Tao's mother's "honesty, serving the public, and observing the law" "In the past, when Duke Kan was the governor, he still cared about the Yin, and he was lazy, which was really unworthy." Tao Kan's life practice of cherishing time and working hard was transformed into a clear advice to future generations.
"Tao Ling doesn't know where to go, is there arable land in the Peach Blossom Spring?" The world is long, and thousands of years have passed by in a blink of an eye. The Peach Blossom Spring with "no stray trees, delicious grass, and colorful fallen flowers" has been nowhere to be found. However, the spiritual wealth left by the ancestors of the Tao family in Xunyang actually exists and has been passed down for a long time.