Fan Zhongyan was born in Xuzhou on August 2nd, the second year of Song Taizong Duangong (989). The next year, my father died of illness. Xie was poor and helpless, so he had to hold Zhong You in his infancy and remarried to a family named Zhu in Shanxian County (now near zouping county, Shandong Province), the governor of Shandong Province. Fan Zhongyan also changed his surname, named Zhu said, and grew up in Zhu's parents.
Fan Zhongyan studied hard since he was a child. Zhujiajian Island is a rich man in Changshan, but for inspiration, he often goes to the nearby Liquan Temple in Changbai Mountain for boarding study and reads satirical recitations in the morning and evening. His persistent spirit of reading films left a deep impression on monks: at that time, his life was extremely difficult. He only cooks a pot of thick porridge every day, cools it, cuts it into four pieces, eats two pieces in the morning and evening, mixes a few pickles and half a jar of vinegar juice, and continues to study after eating. Later generations have the reputation of cutting pigs with porridge, but he doesn't mind this poor life at all, and spends all his energy in books to find his own fun.
After living in Dazhong Xiangfu for four years (10 1 1), 23-year-old Fan Zhongyan came to Yingtianfu Academy in Suiyang (now Suiyang District, Henan Province). Yingtianfu Academy is one of the four famous academies in Song Dynasty, with 0/50 school buildings and thousands of books. What's more, there are many ambitious and intelligent teachers and students here. Studying in such a college, there are not only famous teachers to consult, but also many students to learn from each other and many books to read. Moreover, the college is free, which is especially popular for Fan Zhongyan, who is financially strapped. Yingtianfu was later renamed Nanjing, and Yingtianfu Academy was also called Du Nan Academy.
Fan Zhongyan's years of hard study also began in Zhixia in spring and ended in winter in autumn. Dance sword in the morning and get dressed and sleep in the middle of the night. Others look at flowers and enjoy the moon, but he only finds pleasure in the Six Classics. "Baiyun is nowhere to be found. Who plays Dong Xiao in Hanyuan? It is difficult not to sing the wind bird, but a thin talent can still give an emu. If you think about Yan Zi's heart, you will be happy and the piano will be sold when you hate it most. But if Sven Tian is not lost, why blame Shan Miao? " This poem was written by Fan Zhongyan to Yan Shu, a classmate of the Academy. A few years later, Fan Zhongyan's themes of Confucian classics, such as The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Yijing, Book of Rites, Chunqiu, etc. , has always been called Datong: writing poetry, but also generously taking the world as its own responsibility.
In the autumn of the seventh year (10 14) and the spring of the eighth year (10 15), Dazhong xiangfu passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Soon, he was appointed as the manager of Guangdejun to join the army (Guangdejun is located in Guangde County, Anhui Province, and the manager joined the army as an official in charge of litigation and trial, from Jiupin). Then, he was transferred to Qing Ji Army as our ambassador (Qing Ji Army is located in Bozhou, Anhui Province, and our ambassador is a curtain officer from Bapin). He took his mother to support him, officially restored Fan, and changed his name to Zhong Yan and the word Xi. From then on, he began his political career for nearly forty years.
In the fifth year of Tianxi (102 1), Fan Zhongyan was transferred to Xixi Town, Hailing, Taizhou (now near Dongtai County, Jiangsu Province), and served as the supervisor of salt storage, transportation and resale. Renzong Tiansheng four years (1026), thank you. Fan Zhongyan mourned with tears and returned to Nanjing to live. Yan Shu, a left-behind official in Nanjing at that time, was well versed in Confucian classics by Wen Zhong, especially the Book of Changes. He invited Zhong You to assist Qi in hosting the educational affairs of Yingtianfu School. Zhong You was granted permission to recommend another young friend, Fu Bi, to Yan Shu.
In the sixth year of Tiansheng (1028), Fan Zhongyan's mourning period ended. After Yan Shu's recommendation, he was promoted to a captain of the Secret Pavilion, responsible for sorting out and classifying royal classics. The Secret Museum is located in Chongwenmen, the capital of Miyagi. The captain of the secret cabinet actually belongs to the emperor's civil servants. Here, you can not only see the emperor often, but also hear many palace secrets. This is a rare shortcut for ordinary bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty.
Around the age of 50, Fan Zhongyan was transferred to Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province) and Yuezhou (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) as the prefect. At this time, a great event shook the whole country and changed his fate.
In September of the third year of Li Qing (1043), Renzong urged Fan Zhongyan and others to take measures to change the situation. Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and Han Qi drafted the reform plan overnight.
In the first year of you (1049), Fan was transferred to the magistrate of Hangzhou. He invested in buying a thousand acres of fertile land and asked his brother to find a sage to run it and set up a provident fund, without any income. He distributed food rations to Fan Yuanzu's descendants and subsidized weddings (except for officials with salaries). This kindness has touched the whole world, and people surnamed Fan all over the country regard Fan Zhongyan as a saint and respect him.
In the third year (105 1 year), Fan Zhongyan moved to Qingzhou. The cold winter here aggravated his illness. In the second year (1052), he was transferred to Yingzhou, and he insisted on helping the sick. But he only arrived in Xuzhou and died suddenly on May 20th at the age of sixty-four.