Fan Zhongyan: Born in a cold door, life ups and downs, self-cultivation and family rule the country and the world

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We often say that "no matter how bitter you are, you can't be poor in education", the cultivation of education will broaden people's horizons and aspire to high, while the lack of education will reduce their own insights, and gradually become closed to information and self-contained. In the face of the upcoming college entrance examination, in the face of more than ten years of education, in fact, the achievement of results and the efforts you have made have a positive correlation with the quality of education, and I hope that all college entrance examination students can live up to the years and forge ahead!

Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, had a bumpy career in his life, and he had been running around for many years on the way to degrading officials, and his life of boats and cars had long been commonplace, but he still refused to put down the books in his hand. Even if the road is long and the official car is shaking, he can "hear nothing out of the window with both ears, and only smell the books of the sages." As early as a child, Fan Zhongyan, who was a young man, was determined to be a ruler of the taiping and prosperous world like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruqian.

First, the family is in the middle of the road, and the mother remarries

Fan Zhongyan was born in an official house of the wuning military envoy, as a child of an official eunuch who did not worry about food and clothing, Fan Zhongyan should have had a beautiful and happy childhood, and for the children and grandchildren of the courtiers in feudal society, reading was naturally a breeze.

However, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, Fan Zhongyun, who was less than two years old, experienced the pain of losing his father, and Fan Zhongyun, who was still learning to speak at the age of personnel, did not know that his father, who loved him dearly, had left him forever.

Feudal society pays attention to "a woman's talentlessness is morality", the criterion for judging a woman is female red embroidery and housework, and women can no longer show their faces after marriage, and men are an important source of family income. Fan Zhongyan's father died of illness, and the young mother Xie Shi had nothing to rely on, so she had to take her young son to remarry to a family surnamed Zhu in Zouping, Shandong.

Second, grow up and learn the truth

Fan Zhongyan's stepfather, Zhu Wenhan, was a lifelong minor official, and he did not treat his stepson coldly, but personally taught him to read the scriptures and doctrines, which made Fan Zhongyan have a strong interest in reading. The Zhu family's economic conditions were not abundant, so even though Fan Zhongyan had the careful cultivation of his stepfather, his childhood life was inevitably full of hardships.

In 1009, Fan Zhongyan studied at a academy in Changbai Mountain, and the diet used for a full meal every day was only a bowl of thin porridge. Fan Zhong, who was obsessed with studying, complained about the hardships of life, and he divided the porridge into four pieces, ate two pieces in the morning and two in the evening, and served with salted leeks. If the hard study of Changbaishan Academy is the manifestation of Fan Zhongyan's love of reading, then the subsequent hard study is for self-improvement and self-reliance. Zhu Wenhan's own son did not know how to be frugal, squandered the family's money, and could not see Fan's Zhongyun repeatedly dissuaded.

Finally, one day, the Zhu brothers were tired of Fan Zhongyan's preaching, and blurted out in a hurry: We use the Zhu family's money, what does it have to do with you! Shocked, Fan Zhongyan inquired about his own origins, only to learn that he was not Zhu Wenhan's own flesh and blood, but the son of Gusu Fan.

Third, stand on your own and go to Nanjing

Fan Zhongyan, who learned the truth, thought twice, and immediately decided to leave the Zhu family, and after tearfully bidding farewell to the nurturing grace of his mother and stepfather, Fan Zhongyan carried his sword all the way to Nanjing, where the sages were born, to study. The break with the Zhu family made Fan Zhongyan's life once unfinished, and Fan Zhongyan was a fierce man who vowed not to reach out to the Zhu family for money again.

He wanted to rely on his own knowledge to seize some meritorious fame and welcome back the mother who gave birth to him. After Fan Zhongyan came to Nanjing, he borrowed to live in the home of his biological father and his children to study with their children. Fan Zhongyun studied hard day and night during this period of his academic career, and when he was sleepy at night, he poured cold water on his face to keep awake. The son who stayed behind in Nanjing and Fan Zhongyan were friends with Fan Zhongyan, and he was very sympathetic to Fan Zhongyan's difficult situation and saved a meal for Fan Zhongyan. Unexpectedly, Fan Zhongyan politely refused his kindness, and for the kindness of the same window, Fan Zhongyan explained: "I am very grateful for your deep friendship, but I am used to drinking porridge, if I enjoy a rich diet, I am afraid that I will feel that drinking porridge is tasteless in the future."

Fourth, take the meritorious name and complete the long-cherished wish

When Fan Zhongyan was studying in Nanjing, Song Zhenzong once went to Nanjing to inspect, and there was a miracle of thousands of empty alleys in Nanjing, and the teachers and students in the Nanjing Academy also poured out of the nest to see the dragon face.

Only Fan Zhongyan was not moved, but concentrated on reading, and the same window asked Fan Zhongyan why he was calm and self-assured, and Fan Zhongyan replied: It is not too late to see you in the future. From here, we can see Fan Zhongyan's lofty ambitions, and in 1015, Fan Zhongyan successfully passed the imperial examination. The first thing Fan Zhongyan did was to go to Shandong to greet his mother, and after prostrating himself to his stepfather, Fan Zhongyan took back his mother to raise him.

5. Change back to your original name and serve the imperial court

Everything was arranged properly, and Fan Zhongyan reported his deeds and lineage to the imperial court, and requested that the name he had used before be changed to his real name Fan Zhongli, and this seal was approved by Emperor Zhenzong of Song.

Fan Zhongyan's career path is not smooth, and he has been repeatedly reprimanded for offending those in power, but Fan Zhongyan still goes his own way and is bent on saving the country and the people.

Fan Zhongyan's words in "Yueyang Lou" foreshadowed his lifelong ideal: the world is worried and worried, and the world is happy and happy.

Fan Zhongyun, although he was born in a cold door, his career was even more ups and downs, but for himself, he cultivated his life; As far as the family is concerned, the Qi family's maid; As far as the country is concerned, the political achievements are outstanding. He is like a perfect person, but also a model for my generation, whether it is the college entrance examination or the road of life, he is also our guiding light.

References: History of the Song Dynasty, etc