Zhuge Liang made great contributions throughout his life and was honest and self-supported.
In the article "Self-Share of the Lord", Zhuge Liang wrote: "Now there are 800 mulberry trees in Chengdu, with 15 hectares of thin fields. Children have their own spare time. As for the matter of being outside, there is no other way to dispatch the food and clothing. They all rely on the officials and do not manage their lives, and they can grow their size. If you do not have any surplus silk inside and win money outside, you will lose your majesty."
This is actually a declaration form for Zhuge Liang's family property.
"Eight hundred mulberry trees, fifteen hectares of thin fields", according to the official salary system of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, this is a very low number.
"Children have their own spare time" means that Zhuge Liang's family is engaged in agricultural activities such as planting and sericulture under the leadership of his wife Huang, which can keep warm and safe.
"Don't do not care about life, to grow a size", obviously means that there is no other livelihood besides salary, no business, and no income to make a fortune.
When Zhuge Liang was critically ill, he made a will: be buried in Hanzhong Dingjunshan after his death. He strives to be frugal in funerals. He leans on the mountain to serve as a grave. He only needs to put a coffin in the tomb. No burial objects must be placed in the coffin, and he only wears daily casual clothes.
This is the last requirement of a generation of names.
Learn from history
Through Zhuge Liang's "family property declaration form", it can be seen that Zhuge Liang's entire family property is quite meager.
in ancient times there was no official property declaration system , but Zhuge Liang took the initiative to report his family property for the first time. This noble outlook on life undoubtedly contains the significance of setting an example and setting an example to advocate integrity.
Today's officials, how can they keep themselves calm and indifferent in the noisy world of material desires, and be greedy for profit or accumulate wealth? You might as well follow Zhuge Liang and show off their "family property". Under external supervision, purifying one's soul is the feasible way.
[This article comes from "Promoting Integrity and Asking about the Original Aspiration - A Mirror of History (Comic Version)" published by People's Publishing House]
