Fu's Translation of Disaster Relief

Fan Zhongyan, word Xi. My father died when I was very young and my family was poor. I only eat some pickles porridge every day, which is very bitter, but I can study hard and study hard. I take the welfare of the world as my responsibility. He often recites to himself: "a scholar should worry before the whole world worries;" On that day, all the people in the world were happy, which was a happy moment for scholars. 」

He once visited a fortune teller and asked, "Do I have a chance to be a prime minister? The fortune teller said, "There is no hope. Ask again: "Do I have a chance to become a famous doctor? The fortune teller said in surprise, "Why did you ask such a lofty goal before, but now you ask such a humble one?"? "? Fan Zhongyan said: "Only prime ministers and famous doctors can help people. The fortune teller said admiringly, "Your kind heart is the real prime minister. 」

After being admitted to Jinshi, Fan Zhongyan was appointed as a captain of the Secret Pavilion. He is knowledgeable and proficient in the Six Classics. When students have questions, they ask him, and he takes pains to explain. He also raised some scholars as assistants with his own salary. Some of these literati were down and out, some left after being admitted to fame and fortune, but they turned a blind eye to Fan Zhongyan. He still has no regrets about helping these people.

Later, Fan Zhongyan was appointed as the right minister to remonstrate. That year, there was a drought and a plague of locusts, and the people were unable to cultivate and there was a famine. Officials invited the special envoy to inspect the disaster and then consider how to deal with it; Fan Zhongyan said directly to the emperor, "What if there is nothing to eat in the imperial court for a long time?" Song Renzong was sad when he heard this, so he sent Fan Zhongyan to appease the disaster area in Jianghuai. Wherever he went, he immediately opened an official warehouse for disaster relief and called for the abolition of more than a dozen bad local laws.

Later, Fan Zhongyan went into politics. At that time, there was an alien invasion in the frontier, and he volunteered to defend the frontier. And our state has just encountered the invasion of bandits, and some staff members have repeatedly suggested giving up our state. Fan Zhongyan renovated old fortifications, recruited refugees, exempted taxes, returned the exclusive right to sell wine to the people, and soon settled down outside the river.

Fan Zhongyan's character is very fond of giving, and he will give relief to the poor people in his family or to those who are alienated but talented. Not long after he was admitted to Jinshi, he thought that he must take good care of the whole people if he has the ability in the future. In the first twenty years, he didn't have enough ability to realize his wish. From his time in the frontier defense to his return to the imperial court as prime minister, he bought thousands of acres of fertile land in the village, called "Yitian", to support the poor at home, so that everyone could have food and clothing. In case of weddings, funerals and other subsidies. And choose an old and talented person to be in charge of the cashier in Yitian.

He once bought a garden from money and planned to move there. Geographers say that the geomantic omen here is excellent, and officials will come out one after another. But Fan Zhongyan said: "In that case, instead of being the only one, it is better to let all the scholars in Jiangsu come here for education, so that everyone can be different." "I changed this place into a school.

When Fan Zhongyan and Fu (ornaments) were left and right prime ministers, they saw that there were people with bad character and incompetence in the prison book, so they cancelled and eliminated his position. Fu Shuo, "It's easy to brush off a stroke, but I'm afraid the whole family will cry! Fan Zhongyan said: "What is more serious for a family to cry than ordinary people crying all the way? "? This is the most suitable place to govern the country, and it is not regarded as a woman's benevolence.

After Fan Zhongyan's death, Zheng Wen was given the title of Duke Wei. Son Chunren, later became a prime minister, served as an official in the DPRK, and was pure in kindness, courtesy and virtue.