I came to settle in Nanning and brought some books. Among the existing books, I chose Qian's family instructions as the first book I read this time. After reading the catalogue, I am determined to read the book carefully. Then I glanced at the preface, because the preface has such a topic "the cultural connotation behind the famous family" So I'm curious, what attracts me to quickly understand the cultural connotation behind the famous family? What exactly is a noble family? What is the historical value and inheritance essence of its cultural connotation? I have known since I was a child that "wealth can't last three generations", and now I know that the complete sentence is "moral heirloom, more than ten generations, followed by farming and reading, poetry and books, wealth is only three generations". It seems that morality is the first heirloom. If you want to be rich for three generations, moral heirlooms are essential, which is the first. In addition, both farming and poetry and calligraphy are related to reading.
However, why is farming second only to morality but before poetry? At first, I thought that farming and reading should take root in the earth, know the hardships of life, know that one meter and one meal are hard-won, and understand that life is not easy. As the saying goes, "On paper, I don't know if it should be done." In this way, if you want to be richer than three generations, your family business will be prosperous for a long time, and you must establish a moral family style and pay attention to "farming and reading" and "poetry" in order to gradually become a "rich" family. Abundance with money and material things is only "wealth"; No moral foundation, no experience of farming and reading, and no details of poetry and songs are not considered "expensive". Walking on Wan Li Road means ploughing and reading, while reading thousands of books means reading poetry. Therefore, always on the road, just like the title written by Liu Quyanyang, "Whether studying or traveling, there is always a body and soul on the road."
And what is the culture behind the aristocratic family written in this book? What are the values of these cultures? What is Qian's family precept? Then it slowly came out.
Hehe, I read and learned this poem by Lu You:
Reading in winter night, Xianzi said
The ancients learned nothing, and it takes time to grow old.
What you get on paper is so shallow that you never know what you have to do.