"Notes on Historical Materials" Wang Hu did not save his family wealth and the collection of books after Chen Ya's death was scattered

【Historical Notes】 Wang Hu did not save family wealth and the collection of books after Chen Ya's death was scattered

Wang Hu of the Northern Song Dynasty never bought fields and houses, he said, "My descendants should know the principle of self-reliance, and why buy fields and houses, when there are more of these things, the descendants will do unkind and unjust things because of the competition for property." ”

Wang Hu once vouched for the lives of more than a hundred members of his family to prove that he had no rebellious thoughts; he planted three locust trees in the courtyard of his home, believing that among his descendants there must be people who had achieved the high position of public secretary, and the later prime minister Wang Dan was his son. So how can the amount of land property be compared with the descendants of the sages in history? And because of Wang Dan's talent and virtue, he fulfilled his father's wishes, which was really the best thing.

The accumulated things will definitely be lost, this is the normal law of the development of things, fathers and brothers collect books and paintings, they are afraid that their children will not read, although it is inevitable that they will not succeed in reading, but it is still better than these books and paintings being mothed by insects, rotting in the box, so that they are out of control. Taichang Shaoqing Chen Ya had thousands of books in his collection, more than a thousand famous paintings, and in his later years he got the double crane drawings painted by Huating, as well as strange stones and flowers, and he wrote poems to educate his descendants" Full Room Book Miscellaneous Graves, Huating Xianke Dai Yungen. If he does not sell with the root in his old age, he will be a good descendant of my family. As a result, after his death, books and famous paintings were sold to others.

The author has something to say: People with insight and ambitions not only have a long-term vision, but also educate their children and grandchildren to have their own set of methods, just like Wang Hu, who have insight into the principle of gathering and dispersing, and in order to prevent their descendants from doing unrighteous things for property, they simply cut off this possibility from the root. The famous saying, this is what people with great wisdom can do, not only can encourage their children and grandchildren to be self-reliant, but also to avoid the point where the family is broken and scattered and ridiculed, his descendants have indeed not failed to live up to his wishes, Wang Dan is the prime minister of the True Sect of the Northern Song Dynasty, who is deeply trusted and knows people and good responsibilities, and has recommended many people with both moral integrity and ability to enter the imperial court, known as the Taiping Prime Minister, worthy of the True Sect. Later generations praised this as a successful example of educating their children and grandchildren.

Although Chen Ya collected thousands of books and famous paintings, he also wrote poems to warn his descendants not to disperse these, and as a result, not only did his descendants not read books, but these books and famous paintings were not kept, and they were all sold to others.

Those who want to save without scattering cannot be saved, and the descendants who do not leave property are outstanding, so they must have a long-term vision, a big pattern, and a big hand in the education of their children and grandchildren, otherwise no matter how much property is given to others in vain, rather than this, it is better for the descendants to live in history for hundreds of generations, which is the real glory.