In China's long ancient society, famous generals have emerged from generation to generation, and many cattle people have led the way, but the wealth continues very little, and the descendants are basically selling the grandfather's field without pain, so since ancient times, there has been an ancient saying that there are no more than three generations of wealth. Even a dynasty will have problems after 3 generations, let alone individuals. However, the following family, the descendants have prospered for more than 1,000 years, and the descendants have produced high-ranking officials and prime ministers, and until now, there are still many people who have great respect and love for it.
This is the Fan family, the first to begin to rise, and open the door to prosperity is Fan Zhongyun, this is sure that everyone knows, even if you do not know his name, you should also know his words, that is, "the world is worried and worried, and the world is happy and happy." It was this sentence that laid the foundation for the success of the Fan family.
Fan Zhongyan was born into a very poor family, but he was very studious and studied hard in the temple. There was no food to eat in the winter, and a bowl of porridge he put outside the window was frozen so that he could divide it into four parts and eat only one of them every day. Born in poverty, he naturally knew the sufferings of the people, and after becoming an official, he continued his style of worrying about the world. He used his money and money to build righteous schools and righteous fields, help those who had no money to go to school and had no land to cultivate, and also sponsored students in poor mountainous areas.
According to historical records, there are more than 300 poor children who survived under his financial support. So much so that in his later years, Fan Zhong was poor and destitute, and there was no funeral expenses for his death. Truly achieved ''old and old and old, young and young and young'" and finally penniless. Although Fan Zhongyan was born into poverty, he was relatively indifferent to money and property.
Historical records a story that when he was poor and poor in the temple, but by chance, he chased a mouse and found a cave, which turned out to be full of gold. But Fan Zhongyan was not moved, or concentrated on reading, and did not take a piece of money in it. Later, Fan Zhongyan became the prime minister, and the temple was completely destroyed by fire, and the abbot found Fan Zhongyan, who was the prime minister, to help. Fan Zhongyan remembered the matter of gold, so he wrote a poem: "A kiln of gold in Jingdong, a kiln of silver in Jingxi, half a monastery, and half a gift to the monks." Tell the host, the whereabouts of the gold, and also say how to distribute it.
For the education of future generations, Fan Zhongyan stressed that "it is better to accumulate yin virtue in the underworld, thinking that it is a long-term solution for future generations", that is, do not give much wealth to your children and grandchildren, it is useless, you must leave yin virtue to your children and grandchildren, so that you can enjoy eternity. Therefore, the Fan family has always kept this in mind, which is the main reason for its prosperity for more than 1,000 years.
When Fan Zhongyan was alive, all four sons became senior members of the dynasty, including gongqing and chancellor, and various shangshu. Among the descendants, almost every generation has a high-ranking official, and more than 70 descendants have successively ranked in high positions such as Gongqing and Shangshu, which is an extremely prominent family. Until now, the people of this family are still very fond of and revered. Money may not be passed down from generation to generation, but the spirit and quality of the family can. Therefore, there is now a saying that if the world wants future generations to prosper for a long time, they should learn from Fan Gongji to benefit the good.