"Before the world is worried and worried, after the world is happy and happy" is the famous quote in the Song Dynasty famous politician and literary scholar Fan Zhongyan's "Yueyang LouJi".
Fan Zhongyan is not only honest and just, loyal to the king and patriotic, but also has a strict tutor, and he requires his children to study hard, cultivate themselves with a straight heart, be charitable and charitable, sympathize with and care for low-level people in society, and be a person with noble sentiments. The Fan family is also very caring for the bought maid Zhang Juhua, so that Zhang Juhua has become a "moral model" that ordinary people can hardly expect by cultivating in a good family environment.
Sima Guang, the author of the "Zizhi Tongjian", listened to Zhang Juhua's touching deeds and made an exception for this to write a biography of "Zhang Xingbo" for the old lady of the commoners, so that Zhang Xingbo's good name was passed down through the ages.
Zhang Xingbo was born in a family of low-ranking military officers in Changle County, Weizhou, where her mother died prematurely and her father married her stepmother. This stepmother was very vicious, when Zhang Xingbo was seven years old, he was sold by his stepmother to a human trafficker, and the human trafficker sold Zhang Xingbo to the Fan family as a servant, named Chrysanthemum.
The Fan family was very kind to Zhang Juhua, and later as a dowry maid, she married the Sizhou Jin family with Miss. Zhang Xingba works diligently and diligently, and is well received by the Jin family.
When she was twenty-eight years old, Miss Fan went home to visit her relatives, and Zhang Xingbo also returned to the Fan family. One day, seeing a one-eyed firewood seller at the door, Zhang Xingbo vaguely felt very similar to his father, and asked forward, sure enough.
It turned out that Zhang Xingba's father, twenty-one years ago, had lost his daughter and asked his wife, who said that she was lost. Her father went out looking for his daughter, but to no avail, and later cried blind in one eye. Because of his disability, his father was laid off and returned home, and had to sell firewood for a living.
The Jin family was also very happy to hear that Chrysanthemum had found her father, and relieved her of her slave status and let her go home to reunite. His father planned to go home and beat up his wife and then kick her out the door. Chrysanthemum pleaded with her father, if it weren't for her stepmother selling her, she wouldn't have gone to fan's house to live such a good life, I have nothing to complain about.
After returning home, Chrysanthemum learned that her father had several acres of land in Changle and was occupied by others. Therefore, the chrysanthemums who had seen the world filed a complaint and asked for the field property back. Her father had died, and her stepmother thought she was going to suffer. Who knows, chrysanthemums are like their own mothers, go out a little farther, chrysanthemums will carry their stepmothers on their backs. The stepmother happily completed the last few years.
After sending the two away, Chrysanthemum was already a thirty-something girl, she found a farmer to marry, and gave birth to a son and two daughters. Within a few years, her husband had also died early, and she was alone to pull the eldest three children.
When the son marries his daughter-in-law, the two daughters are married. The children thought that the old woman could finally enjoy some happiness.
But Chrysanthemum called her son over and said: I have always believed in Buddhism, there is an ancient temple here, which has been abandoned for many years. I'm going to fix it with the neighbors and live in it. When I move in, I won't be your mother anymore. You also don't come in and out to see me, the temple property is a big guy's, in case others are suspected of taking advantage of the public.
Before entering the temple, Chrysanthemum went to Sizhou to visit the Jin family, and then walked thousands of miles to Shaanzhou to visit the Sister-in-law of the Jin family. In Shaanzhou, Chrysanthemum washed the hair and bathed the young maid, and the family's dogs and monkeys were also fed every day. When Chrysanthemum left, the dogs and monkeys were very sad and did not eat for several days.
While in Shaanzhou, Sima Guang met Zhang Xingbo and heard her story. Sima Guang was deeply moved by her lineage and noble character. So Sima Guang made an exception and wrote a biography of an old civilian woman. Chrysanthemum, because she later believed in Buddhism, was called Zhang Xingbo, and the name of the biography was "Zhang Xingbo Biography".
Sima Guang's "Biography of Zhang Xingbo" respectively wrote the moving stories of Zhang Xingbo's loyalty, filial piety, honesty, and Jean. We are indeed very shocked to learn her touching deeds. She did several big things, which one is difficult for us ordinary people to do. For example, her stepmother sold herself in secret from her father, and he interceded for her stepmother, not letting her father beat her, and even more not letting her father leave her. More importantly, her meticulous filial piety after the death of her biological father, the stepmother who once framed her to death, is really impressive! She only asks for dedication, not for taking, as a single woman, she has raised several children wholeheartedly, according to chinese tradition, raising children to prevent aging, but after she raised her children as adults, she resolutely broke off the mother-child relationship, became a nun, and no longer involved her children. How many people can do this? How "incorruptible" is it that Zhang Xing's family is doing buddha's work and not letting his family move the Buddha's wealth? We don't know whether the woman wrapped her feet at that time, even if she didn't, an elderly woman walked thousands of miles to visit her former owner, and saw how "loyal" Zhang Xingbo was to the original owner? No wonder even the monkeys and dogs of the master's family are grateful to Zhang Xingbo! No wonder Sima Guang believed that the world should not be ignored by his status as a "lowly person", even if he believed in Buddhism and could not enter the path of Confucian etiquette, and he was willing to preach it.
The original "Biography of Zhang Xingbo" recorded in the "Servant Of the Servant Shang Shu Zuo Cheng Fan Gong Family" did not specifically mention who Fan Gong was. The "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng" small editor consulted the Song Dynasty and Sima Guang contemporaneously held this rank only found Fan Zhongyan and his second son Fan Chunren. Fan Zhongyan served as a "suffragan and governor". "Counsellor in government affairs" and "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng" are both positions at the level of deputy prime minister. The "Counselor to the Governor" was abolished during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, and only the "Shang Shu Zuo Cheng" was set up, and Fan Chunren directly served as the prime minister. When Sima Guang said, "The old Shangshu Zuo Cheng", he should refer to the deceased Shang Shu Zuo Cheng . At that time, Fan Chunren had not yet died, and he could not be called "therefore". Therefore, Xiaobian temporarily identified his "Fan Gong" as "Fan Zhongyun" and added "" to fan Zhongyun's three words, if any teacher told me the exact "Fan Gong", I would humbly correct it.
In order to let more friends know more about Sima Guang's "Biography of Zhang Xingbo", I will attach the punctuation of the "Biography of Zhang Xingbo" originally published in the ancient "Chronicle of Changle County" to share with the teachers.
Xingba Zhangshi, a native of Changle, Weizhou. His father was the Tiger Wing Military Academy. Zhang Shisheng was seven years old, and his stepmother sneaked in to make the servant Ofe, and gave his father the name: "Lost." "The Father wept for three days and went blind, and he fell into the army for the people. Servant Ofe Shangshu Zuo Cheng Fan GongJia, the character chrysanthemum. Fan Shi was his daughter,000, and the third class of Sizhou people borrowed the position of Jin Shize. Zhang Shi is diligent and diligent, and his master loves him. After twenty-one years of being separated from his father, once he met him at the door of the Fan clan, he resigned from the Fan clan and returned with his father. The Father was angry with the Stepmother and wanted to beat her up and drive them away. Zhang Shiyi: "Children who are not mothers are not allowed to enter the homes of nobles, but mothers are virtuous children, so why complain?" Now by the power of heaven, I will see the Father again. If the child returns to the mother, how can the child be safe? "The Father is the end. The Father was sixty years old, had no other children, had a very poor family, and was paid a salary. Changle has a pastoral homeland, which is based on people, and Zhang Shi is returning to his hometown with his parents and suing in the state. Few fathers died, Zhang's adoptive stepmother, as far as the son said, the mother can not do it, so if it is a little farther, then zhang clan is negative. Mother and pawn, Zhang Shi married the wife of King Limin and gave birth to a man and two daughters. You died early, all the orphans are young, Zhang Shi Juzhi, not from people. Since he was long and married, he was called his son: "Wu Su Le Floating Tu Fa, there is an ancient temple in it, it has been abandoned for a long time, I should lead the people to cultivate it, abandon the family in it, and no longer be a mother." "The people in the house heard of it, and they fought for help and wealth, and they did not prepare the kitchen of the Hitachi Hall, the statue of the Buddha, and the camp storage (庑時). Every time he ordained his son, he did not have to go to the temple, saying: "The temple has the wealth of many people, and will prosper the Buddha, and I will not dare to be selfish, and Ru lai will make me unable to understand myself." "Jin Shize's sister, Yu's sister-in-law." In Yuanfengzhong, the Zhang clan traveled thousands of miles from the Jin clan of Weizhisi Province, and from Si to Yu Sister-in-law of Shaanxi Province, saying: "The lord's family when I died, I must not forget it." "My sister-in-law is next to the gates of the gardens, alone in a room, eating vegetables every day, and reading Buddhist books." Every man who speaks with the maid, who is devoted to loyalty, and who is not subject to criticism, prays to the school and does not. In the case of humiliation, they will take the lead, with money and knives and clothes, stubborn words, strong last resorts, more resignation and less resignation. See the salary of the ruler, can not bear to give up. He will return home, and love as his own. The young maid sews for it, and regards it as his own daughter. As for the monkey dog, the diet is timely, and everything is tamed. Zhang Shi went, and for several days he mourned and did not eat.
Yu Shu looked at what he had done differently, because he said, "What is it that a concubine is old and fortunate to have a son, and does not live with her to live with her for the rest of her life, but to perch and travel around?" Zhang Shi said: "Whoever studies Buddhism should first break his love, although he is my son, he has long given it up, and he will not think about it again." "Woohoo! The world's obedience to Confucianism, reading poetry, and self-proclaimed as a gentleman, whose loyalty and filial piety can make him as good as Zhang's people, how can they be humble and evil? Whoever smells it, can he be indifferent? Xiang Was born before Liu Zizheng, so that zizheng could be passed on, although why did the daughters of the ancients still have it? Unfortunately, it is hidden by the floating butchery, and it is not allowed to be painted with etiquette and righteousness. However, those who have a heavy heart, Yu dares to remember it privately.