Liao Fan did three thousand good deeds.
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Yuan Liaofan is from Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. When he was a child, he followed his mother's teachings and went to sell medicine and practice medicine. He wanted to save people's lives and no longer let others suffer what his father had done. pain. One day, Yuan Liaofan met an old man with an immortal spirit. The old man saw him collecting medicine and said with emotion that he should not study medicine. Logically speaking, studying is the destiny of an official. The highest level is If you can be admitted as a scholar, your official position can reach the level of county magistrate.
The old man claimed that his surname was Kong and that he came from Yunnan. He studied the true story of Shao Zi's "Huang Ji Shu" and based on this calculation, he came up with Yuan Liaofan's situation. Yuan Liaofan admired this immortal old man very much, so he invited him home, hoping to hear his detailed explanation. After the old man learned Yuan Liaofan's birth date, he made careful calculations.
Told many experiences of Yuan Liaofan when he was a child, and said that if he goes to school now, his exam rankings and official promotions three years later will be different. Unfortunately, everything the old man calculated is inconsistent with Yuan Liaofan's past experiences. It's a perfect match, it seems that Yuan Liaofan's fate has been determined. The old man explained that what he studied was "Huangji Shu", which was derived from "Huangji Sutra".
The "Huangji Jingshu" is a strange book about the origin of the universe, the operation of society and personal destiny. In ancient times, only a few people knew its contents. After hearing the old man's calculation, Yuan Liaofan was convinced and decided to really study. He concentrated on studying and then took the imperial examination. The result was exactly as the old man said. His experience was completely in line with the old man's prediction.
Yuan Liaofan was very satisfied and happy about this. After learning about his fate, he put aside his personal desires, became extremely calm in his heart, and accepted his fate calmly.
"Liao Fan's Four Instructions"
"Liao Fan's Four Instructions" (alias: "Ming Zili") is an ancient exhortation book, written by Yuan Huang, an official and thinker of the Ming Dynasty. It is an educational work on cultivating morality, establishing life, and cultivating oneself to govern the world. It was written in 1602 AD.
The "Four Lessons from Liaofan" explains how to change your destiny through four parts: the study of establishing destiny, the method of correction, the method of accumulating good deeds, and the effect of modesty. The author uses personal experience to tell the process of changing his destiny. It was originally intended to teach his son a lesson, so he named it "Xun Zi Wen".
Later, in order to enlighten the world, the name was changed. "The Four Precepts of Liaofan" contains the profound knowledge and wisdom of Chinese culture, contains rich ideas of persuading people to do good, and embodies the wisdom of self-cultivation in traditional Chinese culture. It is known as "the first inspirational book in the East".