As a politician, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, litterateur, and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan said too many famous sayings in his life. Among them, the ones that touched me the most are as follows Something like this.

01. Expertise is valued in everything. If you seek a teacher who is not expert, you will not benefit from it. If you seek a friend who is not expert, you will be fraternal but not close. If you have a special focus, you will be able to expand your knowledge by understanding others. However, there is nothing impossible, there is no specialization, but if you see different ideas and change your mind, one thing will dazzle the other, it is a big thing. ?

02. ?Working hard is like digging a well. Instead of digging several wells but none of them can reach the spring, how can it be better to keep one well and strive to reach the spring and use it inexhaustibly? ?Farmers, industrialists, and merchants are those who work hard for food; scholars are those who work hard for food. Whether the work is good or not is up to me. However, I have not seen the essence of the fruit of karma and will not be able to eat it in the end.

03. If you can work hard and be self-reliant, you can study in a private school, in a wilderness, in a bustling place, and even if you have to pay to herd hogs, you can study. If you are unable to work hard and stand on your own feet, you will not be able to study in a private school. That is to say, you will not be able to study in a pure country or a land of gods. Why choose the place, why choose the time, but ask yourself whether the determination is true.

04. The mediocre people of ancient and modern times are all defeated by the word "lazy"; the talented people of the world, ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word "arrogant".

05. Being self-sufficient based on talent and being self-respecting based on ability will be tabooed by villains and despised by gentlemen.

06. Don’t be greedy for money, don’t break promises, and don’t be self-righteous. If you have these three things, everyone will naturally respect you.

07. When dealing with things, it is important to think carefully and deal with them slowly. If you think carefully, you will get the feeling, and if you deal with it slowly, you will get it appropriately.

08. Hundreds of ills arise from laziness.

09. It is better not to start a war for several days than to start a war without any arrangements and calculations.

10. When you are frustrated or humiliated, you must grit your teeth and be motivated, gather your energy and grow your wisdom. ?

11. Everything that prospers must have its decline, so you must plan for it in advance.

12. You should read at least twenty pages every day. Don’t be confused by the saying that it’s better to be good than too many pages. Today you have half a page, tomorrow you have several pages, and tomorrow you will be delayed and interrupted, or you may not be able to finish a whole page for several years. . Just like cooking rice, if the fire is stopped, it will be cold, and if the fire is low, it will not be cooked. It is easy to use large firewood and high fire.