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Chapter 120 Giving to grandparents, donating to relatives first

Zeng Guofan's family letter 曾国藩 1060Words 2018-03-18
【original】 Sun Guofan kneels to report My grandparents, Wanfu Jin'an, sent a letter home on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month last year, saying that I would send 1,000 taels of silver to my family, 600 of which would be used to repay the family's debts, and 400 would be used as a gift to relatives, which would be distributed for several months. In the letter to my younger brother, it is clear that I dare not be self-dedicated, and then take over the family, knowing that if I exchange Xiaoshan for one hundred and thirty thousand, then the silver has been short of one hundred. , then it is short of one hundred, and the savings are only eight hundred, and there are still many old debts in the family. It is the grandson's humble opinion to donate money to relatives. I don't know if grandparents, fathers and uncles think it is feasible?Volunteer to rule.

There are two reasons why the grandson received ② gifts. One is that my family’s luck is too strong, so we have to be extra careful, thinking that the way to maintain the profit and protect the prosperity, if the old debts are cleared, the benefits will be too full. If you don't know clearly, it means that there is not enough in the good, and it is also the way to be happy. The second is that the relatives are poor, and the elderly, if they don't provide a little support now, they don't know what will happen in the future?After Sun Zi entered the capital, for example, Uncle Peng Man, great-grandfather, fifth aunt Peng, grandmother Ouyang Yue, and tenth uncle Jiang Tong, several people have died. Although the debts of the family are not repaid now, they can still be repaid later. If you don't do it now, you will regret it later!In Sun Zhiyu's opinion, this is the case.

However, Young Master Sun didn't change anything, and he couldn't plan everything far away. He begged his grandfather and uncle to be the master. Sun Duan didn't dare to monopolize power without authorization. Another letter to reply, Sun Jin reported. (Tenth day of March in the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang) 【Note】 ① suddenly: rapid, rapid. ②Jiji: pass "jiji". 【Translation】 Sun Er Guofan kneels to report My grandparents, Wanfu Jin’an, sent a letter to my home on December 18 last year, saying that the sender’s family had 1,000 taels of silver, of which 600 taels were used to repay the debt, and 400 taels were used to donate to relatives and clansmen. In the letter to my younger brother, I stated that I did not dare to be arbitrary. Later, when I received a letter from my family, I knew that if I exchanged Xiaoshan for one hundred and thirty thousand, then the money would be a hundred taels short. I'm afraid it will be difficult to pay back the money quickly, so wouldn't it be another hundred taels of shortfall?So there are only 800 taels left, and my family still has a lot of old debts. Sending money to relatives and clansmen is just a stupid opinion of my grandson. I wonder if grandparents, father, and uncle think it is feasible?Fu begging to decide.

There are two reasons why my grandson is eager to give gifts. One is that my family is so lucky that we must be extra careful. We must pay attention to keeping the surplus and keeping the fortune. The old debts are paid off and the benefits are the most complete. Turning into a loss, leaving some debts to not pay off, that is only a fly in the ointment, but it is also a way to be happy. Second, all relatives are poor, and the old ones, if they don’t provide a little support now, what will happen in the future?Since my grandson entered the capital, several of them have died, such as Uncle Peng Man, Great-Grand Aunt Peng Wang, Grandmother Ouyang Yue, and Ten Uncle Jiang Tong. How, even if the family debt is not repaid today, it can be repaid in the future. If you don’t do it today, you will only regret it in the future. These two statements are my grandson’s humble opinion.

However, the grandson was young and ignorant, so he did not go far to plan everything. He begged his grandfather and uncle to be the master, but the grandson would never dare to monopolize the power by himself. When he arrives at him, his grandson will pay half of the travel expenses. If there is a letter back at that time, his grandson will be cautious. (Tenth day of March in the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang)
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