Small family, the big story of Tan Shi Xue Tian Ji in Pingjiang-the secret of a family's rise

Tan is a descendant of Ji. According to Yuanhe's Canon, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Wuwang named his brother, namely Huibo, the seventeenth son of Zhou Wenwang, in Tan Yi, probably in Huxian County, Shaanxi Province today, as the ancestor, and later people thought he was the surname.

The famous Tan surnames in history are Tan Kegang, Tan Yinchu and Tan Qing. Tan Qushe was a famous Taoist scholar in Song Dynasty and a very famous Taoist legend, who left many legends about him among the people. Tan Yinchu was a native of the late Yuan Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. He is knowledgeable and versatile. He refused to be an official in the Yuan Dynasty and chose to live in seclusion until he was 105 years old. Nan Qing was a scholar in the Ming Dynasty. He opposed Ming Daizong's abolition of Prince Zhu Jianshen, and made his son Zhu Jianji a prince, leaving a good reputation for speaking out and resisting.

Some time ago, in the newly established Pingjiang surname culture research and exchange WeChat group, Teacher Tan Su took a few family tree photos, the content of which was "Tan's study field" in the Republic of China. The article describes the righteous acts of Tan and other sages who destroyed their families and donated their studies. Now the full text of Tan Academic Field is extracted as follows:

The Pingjiang family, originally from Linjiang, is famous for its business in Hunan, but it is also eager to learn. There are thousands of acres of farmland, and the enrollment of ethnic groups is different. His Mr. Juting ruined his family and donated money. Today, he is called Tan Shi Scholar at Pingjiang.

When I came to Wuchang, I traveled with Mr. Zhe's disciples. I was very pleased to learn that Mr. Zhe was middle-aged, cutting back on his studies and donating school rules. Mr. Zi's words are as follows: The prosperity of my family actually began when my brothers became rich and taught for the first time. My family is what it is today, the past of all my brothers, and it is seen by Hunan people. It's a pity that it won't last forever, but I can't fulfill my ambition. Yu Xiaozi only cares about his brother's ambition, how dare he love Tian? It's just, it's hard to see, but Mr. Wang resolutely ignores it. It's not a hero to make such a grand move!

It is difficult to establish a school field and maintain it by curbing excess. Yesterday, Fan Wenzheng bought 1000 acre of land to feed its people. Xunzi served as the army, the fifth generation of Sun Zhirou, and affirmed the law, which lasted for hundreds of years and brought forth many sages. Mr. Jin started as a businessman, and Hewen is outstanding. Great! I still hope that Mr. Hou and the author will pass on the story of the Fan family. Mencius said: everyone is close, long and long, and the world is flat. When a saint is in power, he must come to learn the dharma, not just the luck of his family.

Is to remember.

Huang Yun Mian, historian of the Qing Dynasty Records Museum.

Pingjiang County, with a total population of nearly1.2000, has more than 300 surnames, and there are more than 20 surnames for tens of thousands of people. Tan's population is only a few hundred, which is really a small surname. Although I know a little about the talents trained by Tan, this kind of large-scale donation of thousands of acres of school land is unheard of and unheard of. The article aroused my strong interest in the Tan family, so I found Tan's genealogy to find out.

Through reading Tan Shijia's Genealogy, it is found that a number of Tan Shi families such as Tan Minggang, Tan Minglun, Tan Yurong, Tan Yuhou and Tan Shi have appeared in Pingjiang in the past hundred years.

Among them, the most impressive is the Outline of Juting Gong. He was a famous businessman in Hunan during the Republic of China. After graduating from the workshop of Hankou Bank, he successively served as auditor-general of Hunan Bank, assistant director of Hunan Shang Tong Bank and prime minister of Hunan Electric Company, which brought the company on the verge of bankruptcy back to life. Tan Minggang's thought is particularly open-minded, and he advocates that children should not inherit. In his later years, he devoted all his life savings to charity, donated 250,000 silver dollars to Pingjiang Education, and donated all the ancestral land in Pingjiang's hometown, including "1,000 mu rent" and 400 mu attached fields, ponds and houses, to Pingjiang's school. Tan's children not only go to school for free, but also get tuition.

It is precisely because of his selfless act that the descendants of the Tan family have been better educated and cultivated, which has improved the personal development space for the younger generation and benefited the people of the Tan family for a long time.

Looking back on the history of China's education development, it is not difficult to find that even in the Han Dynasty, when "hundreds of schools were ousted and Confucianism was the only one", a relatively reliable education funding guarantee mechanism was not formed.

In November of the first year of Song Ganxing (1022), imperial academy Sun Xuan asked the court to grant Yanzhou farmland 10 hectare, which was approved by the court. This move was later followed by other places, so it was considered as the beginning of the agricultural land system in Song Dynasty. That is to say, it was not until after the Northern Song Dynasty that a multi-form and multi-source education fund-raising system was gradually formed, which fundamentally solved the problem of funds that had hindered the development of education for a long time and provided an example for solving the problem of education funds in the Song Dynasty and later dynasties.

The establishment of the system of "studying fields" was of extraordinary significance, both at that time and in the following hundreds of years:

First, it has laid a certain economic foundation for the development of local education;

Second, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Song Dynasty has encouraged people from humble origins to study and become officials. The establishment of the farmland system has largely guaranteed the right of middle and lower classes to receive education and strengthened the tendency of exam-oriented education;

Thirdly, the basic form of education funding system in feudal society in China was formally determined, which fundamentally solved the problem of education funding.

China has always been a family society that attaches great importance to inheritance. In a society composed of families, if one wants to achieve something, one must rely on the strength of the family. People with strong family power have a relatively high starting point, while those with weak family power will easily meet the ceiling if they want to achieve something.

Excellent talents need the joint efforts of several generations. For example, the famous Zeng Guofan family, just because Zeng Guofan's grandfather Zeng Xinggang and his father Zeng Linshu worked in agriculture for three generations, can have the opportunity to explode and rise in Zeng Guofan's generation.

Therefore, if every generation of a family has officials, scholars and businessmen, then the children cultivated by this family must be of high quality. With the accumulation of several generations and the inheritance of various resources, it is a high probability event for a family to seize the opportunity to have a son. If there is no family accumulation and inheritance, then the so-called "poor family" is just a chance of luck.

It was after the Yongming gang in Juting Palace donated private property as Yongming's study field that the Yongming family directly helped many younger generations gain more opportunities for upward development and emerged many outstanding talents. Therefore, for everyone in the Tan family, "Tan's study" is definitely the most precious legacy left by their ancestors. While being proud of it, it will also inspire them to keep forging ahead and strive to create a better future.