Fan Pang

Fan Pang

Fan Pang (137-169), also known as Mengbo, was born in Qiangxian County of Runan County (now Zhuanqiao village, Qingnian Town, Zhaoling District, Luohe City, Henan Province). During the Eastern Han Dynasty, ministers and celebrities, together with Guo Linzong, Zongci, Basu, Xia Fu, Yin Xun, Cai Yan and Yang Zhi, were called "Bagu", while Liu Biao, Chen Xiang, Kong Yu, fan Kang, Tan Fu, Zhang Jian and Cen min were called "Jiangxia Bajun".

Ju Xiaolian was born in line with Guanglu's four elements, and served as an imperial envoy of Jizhou, and moved to Guanglu Xun (Chen Fan). He was recruited by Huang Qiong and moved to the prefecture of Runan (zongzi). In the ninth year of Yanxi (166), he was framed by prison repair and sentenced to prison. After the trial, he was released to his hometown.

Jianning two years (169), died at the age of 33.

Life of the characters

Early experience

When fan Pang was young, he was upright and upright, and was admired by the local people in the prefecture. He was recommended as the four elements of filial piety and honesty (honest, simple, yielding, thrifty).

During the period when he was invited to Jizhou, fan Po did not press down every argument, and later transferred to Guang Lu Xun.

At that time, chen fan was Ren Guanglu Xun. Fan Pang took the wat board to Chen Fan's door. Chen Fan didn't leave him. Fan Pang left the wat board and abandoned the official with resentment. After hearing this, Guo Linzong blamed chen fan and said, "should people like fan Mengbo treat him with common etiquette. Now it has created his reputation of being a high-ranking official and not being an official. Isn't it that he has found himself a bad comment This is Chen Fan's mistake. Fan Pang was recruited by Huang Qiong.

Impeachment of dignitaries

Later, the emperor issued an imperial edict to the officials of the three prefectures to report the rumors of the people, so fan Pang denounced more than 20 powerful and powerful people, such as the assassin, er Qianshi and so on. Shangshu accused fan pang of impeachment for too many people and suspected that he was selfish. Fan Pang replied, "if the people whom the ministers reported were not filthy, treacherous, cruel and deeply harmful to the people, would they have their names written on the letters! Recently, we are in a hurry to catch up with the time, so we should report those who are in urgent need of punishment first, and those who have not been investigated clearly need further investigation and verification. The minister heard that if the farmer gets rid of the weeds, the crops will be prosperous; if the loyal minister gets rid of the treacherous people, the benevolence and justice will lead to peace. If the minister says something that is not true, he is willing to accept severe punishment. " Officials can no longer question him.

Fan Pang saw that the world was difficult and dangerous at that time, knew that his ideal could not be implemented, so he handed in the memorial and left.

incorrupt and upright

Prince zongzi had heard of fan Pang's reputation before, so he hired him to serve as a meritorious officer in the county government and handed over political affairs to him. When fan Pang was in office, he severely dealt with evil. He swept out all those who violated filial piety and morality and did not act in accordance with benevolence and justice, dismissed them from their posts, and did not work with them. Especially recommend people with outstanding integrity and select them from the bottom of society. Fan Pang's nephew, Li Song from Xiping, was a descendant of gonghou family, but he was despised by the people in the village. Tang Heng, the Zhongchang servant, recommended Li Song to zongzi, who appointed him as an official. Fan Pang thinks that Li song is not the material for being an official, so he is forced to appoint him instead of recruiting him. Zongzi was angry and whipped Shu Zuo Zhu Ling. Zhu Ling raised his head and said, "fan Pang's ruling on Qingming also needs to use a sharp knife to get rid of corruption. Today, I would rather be flogged to die. Fan Pang's ruling can't be violated." Zongzi gave up.

No one in the county below the middle-level officials did not resent him. So he called fan Pang's appointment "fan Dang". So there is a ballad saying: "the governor of Runan County is fan Pang, and zongzi, a native of Nanyang County, is only responsible for signing the documents. The prefect of Nanyang County is Cen min, and Cheng Min of Hongnong County just sits around and chants

The disaster of Party imprisonment

In the ninth year of Yanxi (166), gaoxiu falsely accused "party members" of forming a party. Fan Pang was convicted and put into Huangmen Beisi prison. The warders were going to torture the prisoners. Fan Pang, because most of his fellow prisoners were ill, asked him to be punished first. He and Yuan Zhong of the same county fought to be beaten.

In the Liu Zhi School of emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Wang Fu, a constant servant, interrogated prisoners in turn. Fan Pang and others wore shackles on their necks, hands and feet, and cloth bags covered their heads and arranged under the steps. The rest of them were tried in front of them, some answered and some remained silent. Fan Pang and Yuan Zhong pushed forward from behind. Wang Fu asked: "as ministers of the monarch, you don't want to be loyal to the country. Instead, you form a private party together, praise and recommend each other, comment on the politics of the imperial court, and make up stories out of thin air. What do you want to do with all your conspiracies? You should be honest and not conceal anything." Fan Pang replied, "I heard Kong Zhongni said," it's too late to learn when you see good behavior. When you see bad behavior, it's like putting your hand in boiling water to avoid it. " We want the good to come together more clearly, and the bad to come together even worse. We think that the imperial court wants to hear us do this, but we don't expect it to be regarded as forming a party. " Wang Fu said, "you promote each other like teeth and lips. People who disagree with you reject them. What do you want to do?" Fan Pang then looked up to the sky and sighed: "in ancient times, people who followed the good way could get more happiness for themselves; today, people who followed the good way can make themselves fall into the death penalty. After I die, I hope to be buried by Shouyang mountain. I will live up to the emperor and be worthy of Boyi and Shuqi. " Wang Fu was moved sadly by his words, so all the prisoners were released from their chains.

In the first year of Yongkang (167), after the trial, fan Pang and others were released and returned to their hometown to the south. When he set out from the capital, there were thousands of taxis from Runan and Nanyang to greet him. His fellow countrymen, Yin Tao and Huang mu, who were imprisoned with him, were also released and returned home together. They served the guards beside fan Pang and received guests for him. Fan Pang turned back and said to Yin Tao and others, "now you are following me, which aggravates my disaster." So quietly back to the countryside.

Die bravely

In the second year of Jianning (169), Liu Hong, the emperor of Han Ling, killed a large number of Party members and ordered the arrest of fan Pang and others. Wu, the postmaster, came to the county, closed the post house with the imperial edict in his arms, and wept in bed. Fan Pang said, "it must be for me!" Go to jail immediately. The county magistrate Guo Yi was shocked. He came out to take off the official seal ribbon and wanted to run away together. He said, "the world is very big! Why are you here, sir? " Fan Pang said, "when I die, the disaster will end. How dare I use my own sin to implicate you and make my mother homeless?"

Fan Pang's mother came to bid farewell to him. Fan Pang said to his mother, "Zhongbo is filial to the old man and can support his mother. Fan Pang follows long Shujun to return to the world. We have our own life and death. I hope that my mother will forget the deep feeling that she can't stand separation, and will not increase her sadness any more. " His mother said, "now that you are as famous as Li Ying and Du MI, what's the pity of your death! If you have a good reputation and want to live a long life, can you have both? " Fan Pang knelt down to accept his mother's instruction and kowtowed twice to say goodbye to his mother. Fan Pang turned to his son and said, "I want you to do evil, but evil should not be done; I want you to do good, but I will not do evil." Pedestrians on the road heard it, and no one did not shed tears. Fan Pang died at the age of 33.

Main achievements

Fan Pang, as a clean official, naturally joined the "Party member". Moreover, he acted as the core and backbone, so it was inevitable for him to go to prison in the disaster of Party imprisonment. Fan Pang was still very upright in prison. When the warder said to him, "all prisoners who have been jailed must worship gaotao", he replied with awe inspiring: "gaotao is an upright minister in ancient times. If I have no crime, he will appeal to the emperor of heaven on my behalf. If I really have committed a crime, I should obey the law. What's the benefit of sacrificing him?" After listening, the other prisoners felt that fan Pang's words were reasonable, and they did not go to sacrifice.

Not only that, when Wang Fu, the Minister of Zhongchang, asked them to form a private party, fan Pang replied, "I heard Kong Zhongni said," it's too late to learn when you see good behavior. When you see bad behavior, you just like putting your hand in boiling water, you immediately avoid it. " We want the good to come together more clearly, and the bad to come together even worse. We think that the imperial court wants to hear us do this, but we don't expect it to be regarded as forming a party. In ancient times, people who followed the good way could obtain more happiness for themselves; today's people who followed the good way can make themselves fall into the death penalty. After I die, I hope to be buried by Shouyang mountain. I will live up to the emperor and be worthy of Boyi and Shuqi. "

Fan Pang's life was short and his position was not high. However, he had a great reputation and a long influence. The reason for this lies in his efforts and achievements in fighting against corruption and hatred of evil, in addition to the great righteousness of fighting against the powerful.

When fan Pang was ordered to patrol Jizhou in the disaster area, he went out of the door, boarded the carriage, held the reins in his hand, held his head high, and looked all over the place. He was a man of great courage who wanted to clarify the world. From then on, the majestic posture of "getting on the bus and holding the bridle" and "clarifying with emotion" stands high in the group sculptures of thousands of heroes and talents in China. The effect of the tour is obvious: when local prefects and county magistrates heard that fan Pang was coming, they knew that the evils of corruption, bribery and killing the common people were about to be exposed, and that the fate of being detained for trial and jailed would come to an end. They took off their official seals and robes and fled. "Big tiger" is still like this, and "little fly" has no place to hide. From then on, the situation in Jizhou will change greatly.

Fan Pang was soon promoted to the post of chief of Guanglu, and later was recruited by Huang Qiong, the Taiwei. Soon after, the emperor ordered the officials of the three prefectures of the central court to report the officials in question. Fan Pang impeached more than 20 assassins and high-ranking officials with 2000 stone salaries without any scruple. Seeing that fan Pang was impeached too much, the minister suspected that fan Pang was selfish, so he sent someone to question him. Fan Pang replied, "all the people I report are corrupt, treacherous and evil people who bring disaster to the country and the people

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