Fan Wenzheng is generous to his wealth, especially to his people. Since it is expensive, I bought thousands of acres of fertile land in the suburbs of Gusu. To Yi Village, we should help the poor and help the needy, and choose people with long wisdom as cashiers. During the solar eclipse, people eat a liter of rice and their clothes are a thin silk. There is support for weddings, funerals and weddings. There are only a few people gathered together: nearly a hundred people, and it has been open for more than 40 years. Future generations have given orders to be kind and beautiful. So far, the principle of serving the public has not been abandoned.
The original translation of Volume 4 of Lu Shuiyan Tan Lu is:
Fan Zhongyan despises wealth and likes to give money to others, especially to his own people. After he became rich, he bought thousands of acres of fertile land near the outer city of Gusu as a righteous village to support the poor who followed him. He chose a senior and talented person to manage his funds in and out. Everyone eats a liter of rice every day, takes a batch of fine silk as clothes every year, and gives them money for weddings and funerals. Nearly a hundred people gathered. Forty years after Fan Zhongyan's death, his descendants were wise and kind. They always respect Fan Zhongyan's rules and practices and dare not abolish them.
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① jiān: fine silk. ② Only: near. Third order: goodness and beauty.
Related knowledge:
Lu Shuiyan Tan Lu is a historical book written by Wang Bizhi, which comes from the summary of the Catalogue of Sikuquanshu.
Lu Shuiyan's Annotation mainly records the miscellaneous affairs in the Northern Song Dynasty from the period of Song Zhezong's Shaosheng to the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty 140 years ago. The author left his official position, wandered in the mountains, recalled his life experiences, wrote books, and wrote miscellaneous knowledge, mainly to "talk about banter."
About the author:
Song Zhezong (1086- 1094) Wang Bizhi, a magistrate of Hedong County (now Yongji County, Shaanxi Province) in the Yuan You period, once abandoned the house of prostitutes and built the Boyi Shu Qi Temple, which was known as "virtuous".
Born two years less (1095), Zhizhongzhou (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing). During his term of office, he made remarkable achievements, "nurturing softness and eliminating rape", which made the people of China live and work in peace and contentment. On one occasion, one of his officials took bribes, and someone reported the official, and Wang Pi was also accused. Wang Pi looked straight and said to the superior who came to investigate: "Can a bald old man be afraid of officials and people?" It shows that he is innocent, not afraid of superior investigation, and never retaliates against those who falsely accuse him. Later, the superior found out the truth and confirmed that Wang Bizhi was innocent. Wang Bizhi highly praised the ancient sages, not only Ada (a financier in Tang Dynasty, who was once demoted as the secretariat of Zhongzhou), Lu Zhi (a parallel prose writer in Tang Dynasty, who was once demoted as the secretariat of Zhongzhou), Li Jifu (a geographer in Tang Dynasty, who was once demoted as the secretariat of Zhongzhou) and Bai Juyi (a famous poet in Tang Dynasty, who was once demoted as the secretariat of Zhongzhou). Huang Tingjian, a famous lyricist and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, highly praised him for "the kindness of the governor, and only by striking hard can there be room for trouble".
Born four years less (1097), Wang Bizhi returned to his hometown from Zhongzhou. After returning to my hometown of Linzi, I lived in seclusion by the Lushui River, drinking and writing poems, and lived a leisurely life. Lushui originated in the west of Xiaoxi, the old city of Linzi Qi, and from south to north, it often flows through Hutong, Dufu Lane, Dongshiqiao and Shaojiaquan, and is divided into two tributaries in the south of Wangqingzhuang. Lushui flows northward through Guangrao into Boxing, and molten iron flows westward through Wutai Pumping. In the "Linzi County Records" in the ninth year of the Republic of China, it was said: "Lushui and Zhashui have the same origin." Near Lushui, Qi culture is rich in connotation. "Twelve Years of Zuo Gong" (530 BC) records that Jin threw a pot at the banquet and said that "there is wine like a bottle" to describe the amount of alcohol. There is a saying in Huainanzi: Yiya is my favorite. She is good at cooking and can taste the taste of Zishui and Lushui. "Historical Records Biography of Lu Zhonglian" records: Lu Zhonglian said that "the gold belt of Tian Dan lies between Zi and Bo". On the banks of Lushui River, a place where people gather together, Wang Bizhi, who likes literature, often feasts with friends, reminisces about the past, comforts the present, points out the country, and talks about some local customs and officialdom anecdotes. Later, he compiled these stories into a ten-volume book "Talking about Swallows in Lushui". Records of the novelist in this department are found in Reading Records of Jun Zhai, Explaining Confusion Records of Zhi Zhai, Records of Song Dynasty and Catalogue of Si Ku Quan Shu. The title of "Reading Records of the County Zhai" is "Lushui Yan Lu", written by Wang Bi.