Poor tea is better than white rice, and the old lady enjoys it;
It is Cao's bounden duty to rule the country and level the world.
This couplet later became the family motto of the Lins. Not only did Lin Zexu's children and grandchildren remember it, but even the children of Lin's children and in-laws regarded it as a family heirloom, copied it and hung it on the nave.
Lin Zexu was born in a declining official family. Until his father's decline, there was not a foot and a half of land in his family. Because of his poor family, Lin's father gave up his career halfway and became a teacher in a private school. He's half hungry and half cold, and he'll make do with it. After Lin Zexu was born, Lin's father placed high hopes on him and went through all the hardships, vowing to bring up his son.
When Lin Zexu was four years old, Lin's father began to implement enlightenment education. He takes his son to a private school to read and write every day. Although the father longed for his son to be a dragon, he attached great importance to teaching methods, never suppressed the child's nature, and always let his son enjoy reading in happy activities. The child is naughty, and father Lin never beats and scolds. After class, he let the children play for a while, then held his son in his lap and taught him to read articles and poems word by word. By the age of seven, Lin Zexu had been able to recite many articles and poems skillfully and knew a lot of truth. So Fu Lin began to teach him to write articles. At that time, Lin's father was advised not to teach Lin Zexu's composition so early. Lin's father said, "The child has a good nature and sometimes finds something. If he does not introduce it, he will be suffocated. " Thanks to Lin's father's patient teaching and persuasion, Lin Zexu's intelligence has developed, and he soon became famous as a "child prodigy" in his childhood.
In fact, Lin Zexu's intelligence developed earlier, which is the result of Lin's father's proper education method. Lin Zexu recalled in "Examination Table": "The teaching of a political monarch is earnest, obedient and non-stimulating, which makes people willing to learn ... The history of teaching will show its own way, with few analogies, but it must be understood, but without a curse, it is reprimanded. Take pains to teach people, be persuasive, pay attention to using concrete visible things as examples when teaching righteousness, and ignite children's wisdom with intuitive and vivid teaching methods, and children's intelligence will naturally improve.
Creating a pleasant learning atmosphere and a patient educational environment is an important way to cultivate children's interest in learning. However, this does not mean that there are no strict constraints on children's education. Father Lin asked his children to study hard and be diligent, and stipulated that they should study late into the night every day, and they should not slack off in cold and heat. Every night, Lin's father leaves his son under a small oil lamp, and he personally supervises and tutors his study. The rest of the family are also busy doing things under the lamp. According to Lin Zexu's recollection: "The cold nights are eternal, the houses are ruined three times, and the wind is whistling. As soon as I climb the wall, the old and the young sit in the second place, studying in Sri Lanka, and my skin is swollen and always leaking." Father and son study hard, mother and daughter weave hard, and the family style of a poor family struggles hard has played a great role in the cultivation of Lin Zexu's moral quality.
Lin's life is very poor, and it is difficult to ensure food and clothing at ordinary times. Only on New Year's Eve can they eat vegetarian fried tofu. Nevertheless, even if Fu Lin pawned his clothes, he must ensure that his son studies. One spring and summer, when the crops failed, Lin's father lent his family what little food he had, but his family was hungry. That's it. After Lin's parents dug wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, they still didn't relax their son's study.
Fu Lin is well-known in the local area because of his profound knowledge and good teaching. In the predicament of Lin's life, a local rich bully came to Lin's house and asked Lin's father to teach in his house at a salary several times higher than others. Lin's father was as evil as hatred, unwilling to leave his son to study hard, and resolutely resigned. At the same time, he taught his son to learn the virtues of the ancients. The more difficult it is, the more he must temper his will, the more he must strengthen his faith and the more he must be upright.
Under the careful guidance of his father, Lin Zexu has a solid knowledge base and noble moral character. Since he was a child, he has set a great ambition to rule the country and the world, and has developed an indomitable strong will. At the age of 20, I took the provincial examination. However, he was ill-fated, and just entered Beijing, he failed in the exam. After he returned to his hometown, he still did not change his ambition to save the world and studied hard. In the 16th year of Jiaqing (A.D. 18 1 1), it was promoted to imperial academy again. Thus began his political career. He once served as a local official in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan, Hedong, Liangjiang and other places, and achieved considerable political achievements, even having the reputation of "Lin Qingtian". He always takes the national economy and people's livelihood as the top priority in his official duties. "every cloud has a silver lining, saving the world and saving the people is a portrayal of his character." Throughout his life, he inherited his father's lesson that "the whole family governs the country, and Cao Ren governs the world", and devoted himself to the prosperity of the country with his knowledge, knowledge, talent and morality.
Lin Zexu became a great man, and Lin's family education method set an example for the world.