-"Ming San Tang Huai"
Su Shi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a well-known article "Ming of Sanhuai Hall", which described the deeds of the ancestors of the Sanhuai Wang family. This is an eternal loyalty. Thousands of years later, their lofty integrity of loyalty, forgiveness, benevolence and righteousness is still fascinating.
Wang You, the ancestor of Wang, was born in Shenxian County, a famous government in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a scholarly family and an official family. Wang You's grandfather, Wang Yan, and his father, Che Wang, were both officials in the later Tang Dynasty, and they were honest and diligent all their lives. When Wang You was a teenager, he was heroic and brilliant. His article is highly conceived and beautifully written, and people are scrambling to tell it.
After entering the official career, Wang You still maintained his sincere and upright nature. At that time, it was in the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Warlords came to power, wars broke out and dynasties changed frequently. Many generals betrayed the monarch and became independent. Wang Youceng, regardless of his personal safety, urged the late marshal Du Zhongwei to be loyal to the court and not to surrender to the Khitan, thus offending Du Zhongwei. After being demoted, Wang You still wrote articles to warn the world with loyalty and filial piety.
After the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Wang You served as the censor and the minister of foreign affairs. At that time, there was a hero named Fu Yanqing, who was guarding Daming Mansion, because he was blinded by greedy and cunning men, which led to corruption and chaos in the state affairs. Song Taizu appointed Wang You as a spy in Daming Mansion to investigate the situation of Fu Yanqing to see if he was up to something. At that time, if Fu Yanqing was found guilty, more than 1000 people would be imprisoned. After carefully finding out the truth, Wang You told the emperor the truth and was willing to guarantee Fu Yanqing's innocence with the lives of his family 100 people. He told the emperor bluntly: "In the past five generations and ten countries, most monarchs were suspicious and killed innocent people, so their reign time was very short." I hope your majesty will take this as a warning. " Fu Yanqing was thus proved innocent and many innocent lives were saved. When colleagues were in trouble, Wang You didn't fall down when they were in trouble, but stood up and sacrificed himself to save others. The world praised him for accumulating profound blessings and virtues, which will surely overshadow future generations.
Wang You is very talented and virtuous, and doesn't depend on powerful people. His virtue of loyalty and filial piety is admired by the world, and many people hope that he can be promoted to prime minister. However, Wang You's straightforward personality made some unscrupulous people afraid of him and tried their best to crowd him out. Therefore, Wang You has never been reused.
In his later years, Wang You pinned his wish of "ruling the country and calming the world" on his descendants. He confidently planted three locust trees in the yard and said, "There must be descendants in our family who rank among the three, and this tree can be used as a witness. Sure enough, his prediction came true. The second son, Wang Dan, was the prime minister and assisted Zhenzong for eighteen years. At that time, politics was clear and the world was peaceful, and Wang Dan was called "peaceful and auspicious".
Under the strict teaching and subtle influence of his father, Wang You's three sons lived up to his father's expectations, having both ability and political integrity and being successful in their studies. Wang Yi, the eldest son, was a magistrate in Yuanzhou, Jiangxi Province, with good political achievements. The third son, Wang Xu, is also a famous official. He has served in Goushi (now Yanshi County, Henan Province) and Yingtianfu (now Shangqiu, Henan Province) successively, with outstanding achievements. Finally, they broke down from overwork and died.
As the most outstanding representative of the Sanhuai Wang family, Wang Dan was calm and quiet when he was young, and he was diligent and studious. As an adult, he is open-minded and ambitious. Song Taizong was peaceful and rejuvenated for five years. After Wang Dan was admitted to Jinshi, he became a magistrate at Pingjiang. He observed the people's feelings, cared about the people, educated people, managed Pingjiang County in an orderly way, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. At that time, Zhao went to Pingjiang County to admire Wang Dan's good governance and married his daughter.
It is generally believed that some people in North Korea are easy to become officials. Throughout the dynasties, there were indeed many people who used nepotism to cling to senior officials and seek high salaries. But Wang Dan is an exception here. Later, he served as Zhao's deputy prime minister, and Wang Dan also worked as an official to the official department, responsible for the assessment of officials. Weng Xu became a direct supervisor. In order to avoid suspicion, Wang Dan offered to resign, changed to work in Jixian Hall and revised his writing. Wang Dan's measures of knowing the general situation, taking care of the overall situation and being indifferent were highly praised by Song Taizong.
When he arrived in Zhenzong, Wang Dan became prime minister. He always insisted that the children of his relatives avoid suspicion and did not hold important positions in the court. His third brother, Wang Xu, was very talented and was appreciated by the emperor and recommended by ministers. Since Wang Dan became prime minister, he has avoided suspicion at home and stopped serving. When Zhenzong learned about it, he called Wang Dan and said, "Many brothers in the past dynasties worked together as senior officials in the DPRK. Besides, the imperial court was ruled by elites. How can your brother have no talent because of you? " Zhenzong wants to appoint Wang Xu as the magistrate of Beijing and take charge of the judiciary. Wang Dan repeatedly refused, so Zhenzong had to let Wang Xu transfer to Cao Nan, who had the position but no right.
Wang Dan has three sons, Wang Yong, the eldest son, and Chong Wang, the second son. Both of them have excellent academic performance. However, when they entered the official career, their father held an important position in North Korea. In order to avoid suspicion, the two brothers failed to get promoted. Until the death of Wang Dan, Chong Wang still served as the alternate position of Yuan Wailang of the Ministry of Water Resources. Only the third son, Wang Su, died when Wang Dan was in politics, and his career was relatively smooth.
Wang Dan was not only strict with his children, but also never used his power to seek officials for other relatives. His son-in-law Su Jian passed the exam. When taking the imperial palace examination, Zhenzong didn't know the relationship between Su Jian and Wang Dan, and asked if Wang Dan could be selected. Wang Dan was noncommittal and Su Jian was defeated. Another son-in-law Han Yi is very talented. Zhenzong wanted to call an official, but Wang Dan strongly refused. Han Yi was sent to a remote place in Shu.
As a prime minister, Wang Dan takes the country as his own responsibility, takes a long-term view of everything, does not support relatives, does not seek personal gain, and puts an end to the evil of cronyism. Only when people are upright can they be upright. Therefore, in the past 18 years, Wang Dan's family has always been full of guests, but no one dares to abuse power for personal gain to ask for care. It's not that Wang Dan doesn't love talents. He recommended many talents. He often keeps quiet on the surface, never lets go of real talents in private, and will definitely recommend them to the emperor. Because he always does it silently and asks for nothing in return, few people know it. Later, when historians revised the Records of the True Clan, they saw Wang Dan's memorial, only to know that many ministers, including many pillars who made great contributions, were recommended by Wang Dan.
As the prime minister of the dynasty and the elder of the family, Wang Dan has strict internal cultivation, but he is generous and caring for his family. Although there are many Wangs, under the guidance of Wang Dan's example, all of them are friendly, honest, diligent and studious, which is amazing. Everyone accepted Wang Dan's arrangement to avoid suspicion and low status, never boasting about bureaucratic children, let alone being overbearing.
The virtue of Wang Dan's life can be said to be "eight virtues" and he is a perfect person. According to biographical records, he is honest and clean, and has never accepted any gifts from anyone except the emperor. The clothes, bedding, furniture and stoves at home are unpretentious. He is not only simple, but also coaxes and teaches children. On one occasion, a businessman selling jade belts came to sell them. My brother Wang Xu thinks it looks good and wants to buy one. He took it and asked Wang Dan for instructions. Wang Dan said nothing, just tied it around his waist and asked him, "Are you all right now?" Wang Xu said, "It's tied around your waist. How can you see it?" Wang Dan said categorically, "In order to make others look good, isn't it too tired to carry on with your own weight?" Wang Xu suddenly realized, and hurriedly returned the jade belt to the businessman.
Seeing that Wang Dan's residence was too simple, Zhenzong repeatedly offered to help him build a new house. Wang Dan refused many times on the grounds that "this is the old home of our ancestors and we can't bear to tear it down". Someone asked him why he didn't give up the farm house and why he didn't leave some property for future generations to run. He replied, "Children and grandchildren should stand on their own feet. If their parents leave these farm properties to them, they will only cause unfair disputes. What Wang Dan values is not money, but the inheritance of a good family style. He attached great importance to the education of future generations and asked them to be upright, do things in a down-to-earth manner, and be an official in vain. Wang Dan is convinced that "the roots are deep and leafy, with a long history. "He asked future generations to compile a genealogy every 60 years, detailing the virtues of their ancestors and Wang Renyi's family style, so as to remember the virtues of their ancestors and inspire future generations.
Later, Wang Gong, the grandson of Wang Dan, specially asked Su Shi to write the inscription of Sanhuaitang when he repaired his former residence and established Sanhuaitang, in order to encourage Wang's descendants to follow the good deeds of their ancestors.
I ching said, "If there is a good family, there must be Qing Yu." In the next generation of Wang Dan, Wang Su, Wang Zhi and Wang Duan were three scholars, all of whom had both ability and political integrity, and their grandchildren and great-grandchildren were also talented people. Throughout the 300-year history of the Song Dynasty, almost all members of the Sanhuai Wang family were officials in the imperial court for generations, and there were 1 1 newsmen in the history of the Song Dynasty. It has been more than a thousand years since the Song Dynasty. Despite the vicissitudes of life, the descendants of Wang Sanhuai are in an endless stream and distributed all over the world. They uphold the spirit of loyalty, forgiveness and kindness of their ancestors, and remember the teachings of their ancestors. They can all work hard for the people. These officials are honest, fair and upright.
Tracing back to the moral standards of ancestors, thinking about the truth of everything in the world, reciting the sentence repeatedly: "Is it necessary for heaven?" Sages don't have to be expensive, and benevolent people don't have to live long. Is it necessary to go to heaven? There must be a queen for the benevolent. Will two people be comfortable? ""As for children and grandchildren, it will be a long time. The Wang family of Sanhuai, as well as many families that have accumulated virtues in ancient and modern times and passed down the generations with the moral knowledge of sages, have given us profound enlightenment and teaching. People should be based on morality, do filial piety and do good deeds, and the blessings will last forever. And "a house is poor and weak, and it is full of disasters", which is the earnest warning of the ancient sages. History has been proved by painful facts countless times, so we should think carefully, don't be lax and presumptuous, harm others and harm ourselves!
The vigorous old locust tree in Sanhuaitang is deeply rooted and full of vitality, and has become a force rooted in people's hearts. Passing integrity, strength, loyalty and wisdom through its branches; It spreads loyalty, kindness, tolerance and kindness through blood vessels. Ancestors condensed the essence of life experience from generation to generation in a sermon, which is the crystallization of human wisdom, the treasure of culture and the source of civilization. Only by adhering to the aspirations of our ancestors and unswerving determination can we face any challenges and prosper.