Fan Zhongyan said that my ambition is to be a good substitute, a good prime minister and a good doctor.

People should be determined, and their ambitions should be established from a young age in order to achieve. When Mr. Fan Zhongyan was a child, he happened to see a fortune teller and asked him, do you think I can be a prime minister in the future? The fortune teller may have never seen a child with such a big breath, so he said to him: Your breath is too big! Fan Zhongyan was a little embarrassed, and then asked the fortune teller: Then help me see if I can be a doctor? This gentleman is curious. Why are the two volunteers so different? Just ask Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan replied: Only a good doctor can save people; Good looks, a good prime minister can save the people of a country; A good doctor can save a life with his own strength. He saved a person's life, and may also save the fate of a family. The fortune teller was very moved after hearing this, because Fan Zhongyan always wanted to save people, so he told Fan Zhongyan that you have this heart, this is the real heart of the prime minister, and you will definitely be the prime minister in the future. The fortune teller also knows how to encourage the child. Did Fan Zhongyan later become prime minister? In fact, he became prime minister.

Let's think about it. When Fan Zhongyan was young, what was his attitude towards reading four books and five classics? It is to read the method of self-cultivation and rule the country. And what are many other scholars trying to read? Just for fame and fortune. So will the understanding of the above teachings be the same? There must be a considerable difference.