What is the secret of Fan Zhongyan's 8-year prosperity?
Fan Zhongyan was born in a very poor family. When he was young, he was extremely poor and had a hard time. He thinks that if he can get ahead in the future, he will help the poor. Later, when he became prime minister, he took out his salary to buy farmland and cultivated it for the poor and landless people.
When Fan Zhongyan was young, he studied in a temple, cooked a pot of porridge every day, divided it into four portions, and each portion ate one piece, leading such a poor life.
Later, Fan Zhongyan became rich and became a prime minister, with less than 1, people, but he still maintained his former poor scholar life with little change.
once I bought a house to live in Suzhou, and a feng shui teacher praised the house. Feng shui is excellent, and future generations will come out.
Fan Zhongyan thought, since the geomantic omen of this house can make future generations famous, it is better to change it into a school and let the children in Suzhou City enter school. In the future, all children can become dignitaries, isn't it more advantageous than their own children? So I immediately donated my house and turned it into a school, fulfilling my old wish to care about the interests of all beings when I was poor.
when he had a large income, he thought of many poor people and gave his income to them.
Looking at his biography, we know that he supported more than 3 people.
One person's income supports more than 3 families, so you know that more than 3 families can only make ends meet and live a very poor life. If he has money, how can he support more than 3 families? This is a great saint in China.
Soon, Fan Zhongyan's four sons have all grown up, all of them are smart and have both ability and political integrity. They are officials of the Prime Minister, ministers and assistant ministers. The great-grandchildren of the Fan family were all dignitaries and lasted for 8 years. Fan's descendants in Suzhou are still thriving.
Fan Zhongyan is willing to sacrifice his own interests for the well-being of others with kindness, and his merits are immeasurable. God's blessings for future generations are dozens or even hundreds of times that Fan Zhongyan paid at that time.
This is because Fan Zhongyan has no self-interest. He has sown unexpected good seeds, which have blossomed and borne fruit for 8 years. He inadvertently worked for the welfare of future generations and became a model of good deeds, which was admired and praised by the world.
the virtue of being slender is guaranteed by the descendants of immortality. Fan Zhongyan is a model.
The first China was Confucius, and the second was Fan Zhongyan.
The Fan family has been enduring for 8 years, which is all due to its accumulated virtues. Really! It is a great blessing to be able to share your blessings with others.
don't enjoy all the blessings, share them with others, and the future is boundless.
until the early years of the Republic of China, the descendants of the Fan family were able to maintain their family style, and they were all very good. In the history of China, there are not many families with such great virtues.
Therefore, if the world wants to benefit future generations, it should follow Fan Zhongyan's good deeds. It can be seen that breaking evil and cultivating good and accumulating virtue are the first important things in life.