Zeng Guofan 12 years local official, one person below, above ten thousand people. From the beginning, he should have a legacy of 1 tens of thousands.
All the 65,438+/kloc-0,000,000 yuan he kept for the aged was spent on the funeral, leaving only a library, "Fuguitang" and books.
It shows that he is indeed an honest official. He made it clear, clear and honest with his own practical actions.
Zhang Hongjie said in Zeng Guofan's Positive that there is still a controversial side to his integrity.
In his later period, Zeng Guofan did not stick to the principle of "being honest and clean", but compromised with the dirty eschatology and "merged with the decadent officialdom".
He is honest, unlike Harry and other honest officials. I was an official for the first half of my life. After being an "angry youth" and hitting a wall everywhere, I learned the way of the world and learned how to be flexible.
The true sage is "people-oriented, engaged in starting, and harmonious from the heart."
You can be frugal and self-denial. You don't like meat, but you can't stop others from drinking soup with people around you.
Zeng Guofan's way of doing things is like a violet. He has lived in filth since he was born in the last days. As long as you live a clean life, absorb nutrients from the sludge, grow yourself and open your own beautiful flower of life.
Violets are self-cleaning and do not hinder the growth and existence of small fish and shrimp in sludge.
When you can't remove the sludge from the water, you can only change the direction strategy, absorb the good ones, and do your duty without forgetting your active mind.
Like an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent. Just like this, in a dirty pond, other fish and shrimp have to survive, and there is no way.
He restrained his family and lived frugally, charging no fees and accepting no gifts. When people give gifts, they leave people with dignity and human feelings. They don't refuse completely, only accept the cheapest gift.
He told his family to hire fewer people, and his wife and children did housework, spinning and weaving, and took care of their own lives. Don't leave money and things for your children and grandchildren, and only give your daughter 200 taels of dowry when you get married.
For his brothers and subordinates, he turned a blind eye to collecting money and accepting rude rules and ceremonies after the war, as long as it was not excessive. Let those who follow him not lose too much. If they are too clean to live, who will follow you?
His honest and clean way, as long as the psychological harmony, can achieve autonomy, lead an honest and clean life. He used his weak light to illuminate as much as possible. In the decadent last days, he couldn't control himself.
In turbulent times, it is not easy for anyone to live. Understanding and moderate tolerance are the choices of the wise.
In our society, workplace and life, we encounter all kinds of pains and setbacks, wrong people and things, unfair treatment and so on. We are powerless to change the hidden rules, and it is even more useless to complain and confront blindly, which will only hurt ourselves.
The only thing we can do is to change ourselves, adjust our mentality, and be harmonious but different. This is the right way, be impartial and achieve harmony.