Fan Zhongyan has never been extravagant and wasteful, and has very strict requirements on his own life. Later, by chance, I went to the schoolhouse to study in the morning. How to deal with lunch and dinner? Fan Zhongyan cooled the porridge into chunks in the morning, cut it into pieces, and sprinkled it with chopped pickles. He divided it into five pieces, one piece in the morning and two pieces each at noon and evening, barely eating. He knew that his surname was not Zhu, but Fan. Under the influence of Confucianism, he packed up his clothes and said, "Brother, you misunderstood, I It’s not that I don’t want to eat it, but I don’t dare to eat it! I’m worried that I won’t be able to swallow the porridge and pickles after eating these fish. I appreciate your kindness, so don’t be angry.”
If so, three years. This is how the reputation of cutting porridge and cutting off quarrels came to be known in later generations. Later, he studied in Yingtianfu in the south. His representative literary works include "Yueyang Tower", "Lingwu Fu", etc. His famous sayings "Be worried about the world's worries first, and be happy after the world's happiness." Achievement. , after several years of poor life, Fan Zhongyan ascended the Cai Qi List, ranking 97th in the Second Division, and became a Jinshi from a "Han Confucian".
The emperor would not give a noble word like "Wen Zheng" to others easily. He was a famous general on the border, and he was as talented as he was loyal, and he was equipped with numerous weapons. In the imperial court, the so-called ministers of Confucius could not be seen once or twice for thousands of years, and they were not just ministers of one generation. "There is "Collected Works of Fan Wenzhenggong" handed down to the world. In the entire Song Dynasty, no more than 10 people received this title. It is said that Fan Zhongyan was the first person in the Song Dynasty to receive this posthumous title.
When he was a border general, he organized elite troops. During the 19th century, he built fortresses and successfully resisted the invasion of Xixia; after he was promoted to prime minister, the ancient saying that he should worry about the world's worries first and rejoice after the world's happiness has inspired many people with lofty ideals to care about the country and the people. It can be like this It is said that Mr. Fan is a role model for current civil servants and intellectuals. He also promoted the reform "Qingli New Deal" more than 20 years before Wang Anshi's reform, and also provided a lot of inspiration to the latter.