范仲淹为官几十年,官职遍历朝中重臣和地方要员,但他一生清廉守正,持俭忍穷,乐善好施,以至死时“身无以为殓,子无以为丧”。但是,其清廉为官、清白做人的操守却为世代所景仰。范仲淹自从走入仕途,便出淤泥而不染,恪守官箴,操守纯正,以身作则。他从不迷恋于富足,从不觊觎不义之财。他在长山求学时,认识了一个能把水银烧成白金的术士,那人把炼白金的 Fan Zhongyan as officials for several decades, officials traverse the DPRK and ministries and local officials, but his life clean and fair, perseverance and patience, benevolence and good facilities, and even death “no thought, no son to funeral ”. However, its incorruptible, innocent conduct is admired for generations. Fan Zhongyan since entering the career path, they come out of the mud without staining, abide by the official pro, integrity, lead by example. He was never infatuated with affluence, never wasting money of ill kind. When he was studying in Chang Shan, he met a warlock who could make mercury into white gold,