In the face of absolute interests, who can always keep the heart? Who can uphold absolute justice when stepping into the official arena? Who can be just in the face of threats from powerful people?
Throughout history, how many people can't do these three things, but bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty can. Not only that, but his descendants still pass on his family training from generation to generation, and they have not failed their ancestors. Today, this family motto has been passed down for more than 30 generations, and it is worth mentioning that his 35th generation is also the same as his style of acting, "loyal to oneself, loyal to the heart".
So, what exactly is the family training left by Bao Zheng, and how does this descendant pass it on?
First, a lifetime of innocence, a family discipline has been passed down to this day
As a famous Qing official in history, Bao Zheng's reputation in the folk is also excellent, so Bao Zheng's descendants have always received great attention from the world, and have not been interrupted for thousands of years. However, everyone may not know that Bao Zheng almost died at that time.
In 1054, Bao Zheng's only son died of illness in the second year after his marriage, and his grandson died at home not long after. In desperation, the burden of continuing the incense fell on Bao Zheng, who was already 55 years old.
However, more than 4 years passed in a flash, and his wife Dong's stomach has not moved. At this time, don't say Bao Zheng, even the Dong clan is also impatient, and has repeatedly persuaded Bao Zheng to take a concubine. But Bao Zheng was hindered by the deep love between the husband and wife, and he never agreed. In the end, after several persuasions from the Dong clan, Bao Zheng reluctantly agreed to Na Dong's dowry as a concubine.
Fortunately, Dong's dowry was more contentious, and she conceived a fetus when Bao Zheng was 59 years old, although there were some twists and turns in the middle, but fortunately, there was no danger, and finally gave birth to a son.
The joy of Bao Zheng's old son is really indescribable. To celebrate his continuation of the incense, he named his son Bao Qi. It can be said that all the descendants of Bao Zheng today are all bao Zhen in the same vein.
In the 5th year after giving birth to his son, Bao Zheng passed away, leaving a family of old and young. However, before Bao Zheng died, he did not forget to leave a family lesson: if his descendants were corrupt when they became officials, they were not allowed to return to their own homes; after death, they were not allowed to be buried in the ancestral graves of the Bao family.
Because Bao Zheng was a clean and honest official before his death, he dared to give direct advice, and offended many ministers, these people saw that the Bao family had no one to decide at this time, so they started a bad idea and falsely accused Bao Zheng to the emperor, saying that he had committed many wrongdoings when he was an official.
The emperor was very angry when he heard this, but because of Bao Zheng's high prestige among the people, he sent someone to secretly investigate the matter.
As a result, several secret investigations did not find anything wrong with Bao Zheng when he was an official. To this end, the emperor sent false accusations to the army, and also specially renovated the Bao ancestral hall in recognition of his merits.
At the same time, Bao Zheng's family training has also been passed down, and now his 35th generation of bao Xianliang, who is carefully following the ancestral family training.
Second, do not change your mind, and only do one thing in your life
With the development of time, Bao Zheng's descendants have now spread all over the world, and Bao Xianliang is only one of the "most inconspicuous". He lives in a village in Shuntai, Zhejiang Province, which is also home to Bao's ancestral hall.
The former Bao Ancestral Hall, after thousands of years of wind and rain, has become dilapidated. However, due to the poor living conditions in the village, most of the tribesmen have no time to take care of these things, and they resolutely choose to go out to work and earn money.
Bao Xianliang was different from them, he felt that this was the ancestral hall of his ancestors, a testimony to the continuation of the Bao family, and if he let it continue to decay in this way, it would be a shame to his ancestors and erase the inheritance. Therefore, he wanted to restore the ancestral hall to its integrity and beauty, which required materials to repair. But how do you fix it?
As we all know, tourism has developed rapidly in recent years, so many people have persuaded Bao Xianliang to turn the Bao Ancestral Hall into a tourist attraction, which not only solves his economic problems as a farmer, but also can renovate the Bao Ancestral Hall and "keep up with the pace of the times".
However, Bao Xianliang refused after listening to it, believing that if it was turned into a profitable project, it would violate the ancestral precepts of the ancestors and would be expelled from the Temple. In the end, he chose to use his savings to repair the ancestral hall.
Repairing the ancestral hall seems simple, in fact, it is much more difficult than building a room, because as long as you can build a room, the beauty is secondary; but the repair of the ancestral hall is not the same, you must restore the original appearance as much as possible, at least not too much. Moreover, Bao Xianliang, as a farmer, simply did not have much time, and could only choose to repair it when he was idle.
However, although the savings are not much, Bao Xianliang is very hard-working. For example, when there was little wood in the ancestral hall, he would go to the mountain by himself to cut it, and then carry the wood back. At the same time, his manual skills are also good, and he can basically restore the original appearance of the ancestral hall.
In this way, relying on his hard work and frugality, Bao Xianliang persisted for many years, and finally was able to restore the ancestral hall to a new look.
After the great changes in the ancestral hall, Bao Xianliang's deeds were also spread on the Internet, attracting many tourists who came to visit. Whenever tourists come here to play, Bao Xianliang will tell tourists the stories of his ancestors, which he feels very honored.
When people asked him why he had been able to insist on repairing the ancestral hall for decades, he smiled and replied to everyone, saying that the Bao ancestral hall is the root of the Bao family, the spiritual symbol of the ancestors, and the witness of history. As a descendant of Bao Zheng, although he did not have any great ability, he at least had to guard his roots.
Yes, in the current situation of various temptations and complexities, Bao Xianliang is still able to guard his roots. This ideal is worth learning from all of us, and we should also remember our own history and let the light in history be seen by more people.
References: History of the Song Dynasty
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Author: Wang Boxian
Editor-in-charge: Wang Boxian