Fan Zhongyan (989 1052), known as Xiwen, was a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou (now Jiangsu), and was a politician, thinker, military strategist and writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was honest in government, sympathetic to the people's feelings, upright, and advocated reform, and was repeatedly slandered by traitors and slandered, and was belittled several times. He died in Xuzhou in 1052 at the age of 64. There is "Fan Wenzheng's Public Collection" handed down.
Fan Zhongyan studied very hard since he was a child, and in order to be inspirational, he often went to the Liquan Temple on the nearby Changbai Mountain to stay and study. In the morning and evening, he read the recitation, which left a deep impression on the monks. At that time, his life was extremely difficult, he only cooked a bowl of thick porridge every day, and after it was cold, he divided it into four pieces, took two pieces in the morning and evening, mixed a few pickles, mixed them in vinegar sauce, and continued to read after eating. Later generations had the reputation of cutting porridge and cutting off the teeth, but he didn't care about this kind of hard life, and put all his energy into books, taking reading as fun.
Fan Zhongyan's years of hard study are also from spring to summer, through autumn and winter;Dance a sword in the early morning, go home in the middle of the night and sleep in clothes. Others look at the flowers and admire the moon, but he only seeks pleasure in the Six Classics. The main themes of books such as "Book of Songs", "Book of Songs", "Book of Changes", "Book of Rites", "Spring and Autumn" and so on are well understood. Poetry and composition, but also take the world as its own responsibility. Determined to take on the responsibility of the rise and fall of the country.
Fan Zhongyan has a high literary literacy, and is good at poetry and writing. The prose has "The Story of Yueyang Tower", in which "the worries of the world first, and the joy of the world after the world" is a famous sentence for the ages. The poems include "The Fisherman on the River", and the words include "The Pride of the Fisherman", "Su Curtain Cover", and "Royal Street Travel", all of which are excellent works that have been recited in the past dynasties.
"The Fisherman on the River":
People come and go on the river, but love the beauty of sea bass. Look at a leaf boat, haunted in the turmoil!
"Fisherman's Pride":
The scenery is different in autumn, and the geese in Hengyang go without paying attention. The sound of the corners on all sides rises, and in the thousands of mountains, the long smoke and sunset are closed in a lonely city.
A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, Yan Ran has no plan, and Qiang Guan is full of frost. People are sleepless, and the general's white hair is in tears.
"Su Curtain Cover":
The blue clouds, the yellow leaves, the autumn colors are waves, and the waves are cold and smoky. The mountains reflect the slanting sun and the sky receives water, and the grass is ruthless, and it is outside the slanting sun.
The soul of the dark country, chasing travel thoughts, night and night, good dreams leave people to sleep. Mingyue Lou is high and recess alone, and the wine is sad and turns into lovesick tears.
"Royal Street Walk":
The leaves have fallen and the fragrance is built. The night was silent, and the cold was broken. The pearl curtain rolls up in the sky, and the sky is faint and the Milky Way hangs to the ground. Every year and tonight, the moon is like practice, and it is a thousand miles long.
The sorrow has been broken, and there is no reason to get drunk. Before the wine arrived, it turned into tears. The residual lights are turned on and off, and the pillows are clutched, and the taste of lonely sleep is exhausted. All came to this matter, and there was no way to avoid it.