? My grandfather died of illness very early, and my grandmother raised my father alone. Although the family was poor, his grandmother gritted her teeth and sent his father to a private school, which made him confused. My father likes reading. There was no junior high school in our hometown at that time. My father was only eleven or twelve years old and had to go to school in a new town more than ten miles away. Sometimes his feet are covered with blood, but his father gritted his teeth and insisted. After graduating from junior high school, my father completed normal education with state grants. Shortly after graduating from normal school, my father was assigned to teach at Xiaofen Village Primary School in Pingtian Township, Leiyang, and became an ordinary rural teacher.
My father tried his best to teach and educate people. My adolescence was spent in happy study and strict family education. At that time, my father lived a simple life and had no bad hobbies, but he loved reading. Most of his monthly salary was used to buy books and subscribe to newspapers and periodicals. Every weekend, when the postman's bicycle bell rings, it must be our brother who runs out first in school. At the same time, my father is very strict with our brothers, and often uses the family style and family training stories in the genealogy to educate children. In the old house in his hometown, he pointed to the couplet and explained to me the meaning of the previous couplet, pointing out that the couplet is the soul of the family and the foundation of being a man. Educating children should be based on courtesy, respect morality, be loyal to the country, honor their parents and be kind to their families. This is the first time in my life that I have come into contact with real genealogy education. I was in the second grade of junior high school that year. One summer vacation, my father copied the agreement of the genealogy and taught us two brothers to recite it aloud. Most of these sentences in my memory are simple, such as "be loyal to your duties and be diligent in official duties." Be honest, not greedy or corrupt. Advocate civilization, be polite and know shame. Study hard and keep pace with the times. Respect the old and love the young, and care for the family. "After several times, we soon understood and easily remembered. Sometimes when the mood comes, my father takes out the old genealogy that has been treasured for many years and tells us the stories of the characters in the genealogy and the history of the changes and rise and fall of the Roche family. While listening silently, a character of pursuing the footsteps of the sages and going forward bravely nourishes our hearts as young as the spring breeze. Now that all three of our brothers have graduated from college, we have to say that the family style advocated by genealogy has a far-reaching impact on us.
"A benevolent government, a benevolent government, a benevolent government." In 1990s, the reconstruction of Roche's genealogy was put on the agenda. My father in his 70 s not only responded positively, but also gave generously. He proposed to build roads for the village and raised hundreds of thousands of yuan from his son and nephew. The construction of mountain village roads has broken the history that the hometown has never been open to traffic with the outside world, which greatly facilitates the villagers' travel. At the same time, he also researched the family history for several years, and wrote articles such as "Textual research on the relationship between Shibata's tiger-shaped foot and the tomb of Xiao Luoshi's ancestor". Two years later, this book contains six major articles, such as landscapes, literary and art circles, gifted scholars and surnames, covering family life, words and deeds, personal cultivation, making friends and so on. The genealogy of more than 200,000 words has finally been reprinted into a book. This genealogy is not only the epitome of family history, but also the carrier of spiritual and cultural inheritance of family precepts.
In the last two years, my father often thought that now the children have grown up and got married, but they always feel sorry. Especially after my uncle died, it was a great blow to my father. In his letter to us, he said, "Time waits for no one. I can't put it off any longer. I must do something. " One year, our brother went back to his hometown to celebrate the birthday of the old man. After dinner, he called us to his side and said to us meaningfully, "Being a father has no future in this life and has not earned you much property. There are only a few collections of works, one for each of you three brothers!" I opened it carefully. It was an anthology recording my father's life experience. There is a sentence on the cover of the collection that I am quite familiar with, which is the antithesis of "respecting courtesy and shame, rejuvenating the country in four dimensions"; Abide by loyalty, filial piety and benevolence, and establish life standards. Isn't this a couplet posted at the door of the main house? People who love deeply don't know that my father left us precious spiritual wealth!
? Father loves mountains, and father teaches water. Life is fleeting, but my father's influence on me is everywhere, and the story of genealogy often haunts my mind. Whenever I encounter difficulties, the story of genealogy inspires me and makes people forge ahead. Whenever I relax, the motto of the genealogy reminds me to be vigilant and makes me afraid to relax. I have been working for many years now, and I have long been a father. Although faced with new challenges and role changes, the spirit of family style and family instruction inherited in the genealogy is in the same strain. It is not only our gratitude to our parents, but also our indispensable obligation to the society to carry forward the family style of "respecting our ancestors and serving the country" inherited in our genealogy.