Zeng Guofan, who has no prominent family background and average talent, walked into imperial academy step by step with his unremitting efforts. After many tests, he was appreciated by the emperor and was known as the "First Minister of Zhongxing" in the Qing Dynasty. His life experience has given special inspiration to future generations.

First, the more frustrated and brave you are on the road of scientific research.

For more than 500 years, the Tseng family were all farmers who had left their homes, and never had a scholar. When it came to Grandpa Zeng Guofan's generation, he was determined to let future generations study. His father Zeng Linshu 17 was a scholar after entering and leaving the examination room, and Zeng Guofan lost his reputation in Sun Shan after entering the examination room six times. His examination paper was shown as a "negative textbook" in the whole province because of "poor arts and sciences". This was a great blow to Zeng Guofan, but he didn't give up because of it.

Zeng Guofan compared his examination papers with the model essays over the years, found out the shortcomings, reflected and changed the previous learning methods by rote, and found a breakthrough from them, and finally won the top prize in the seventh science examination. In the future, the road to scientific research was smoother, and Zeng Guofan was admitted to the Hanlin Academy all the way. It can be described as "guangzong yaozu".

Although Zeng Guofan was all thumbs, he studied hard, and the difficult scientific examination honed his character of "being more frustrated and more brave". He said: "The clumsiness in the world can surpass the cleverness in the world." That is, clumsiness is better than cleverness and clumsiness is reliable. Therefore, his success is not opportunistic, but to find out his own shortcomings in a down-to-earth manner, break through his own shortcomings, and finally gain the highest honor and status.

Second, "learn to be a saint"-reflection and cultivation

In the Imperial Academy where elites gather, Zeng Guofan is just a bumpkin with narrow knowledge and crude thoughts, and has many defects in his personality. By keeping a diary, he recorded the details of his daily life, reflected on what he did right and wrong, and corrected it immediately. He also showed his diary to his friends and frankly announced his behavior in front of them, so that everyone could supervise him together. Zeng Guofan insisted on this habit all his life.

Therefore, Zeng Guofan has been reflecting on his own shortcomings all his life, correcting his behavior and never stopping practicing. Only by strictly demanding himself to be firm-willed, stand up to the good, and be virtuous, can he break through the boundaries of ability and exert unlimited possibilities.

Although Zeng Guofan was not perfect, he asked himself to be a "saint", and in the process, he constantly reflected on himself and corrected himself, so as to achieve "self-cultivation, keeping the family in order, governing the country and leveling the world".

In real life, how many people use their own shortcomings as an excuse to win the sympathy and pity of others, instead of studying hard and constantly correcting themselves to win the recognition of others. Zheng Shuang's "surrogate abandonment" incident, which was popular on the Internet some time ago, has already doomed her success or failure.

Zheng Shuang started his acting career for 9 years with smart acting skills, captured a large number of fans and concerns with his "cool character", and finally lost to the words of moral decay. As the saying goes, "Success is also Xiao He's failure." ! No matter who you are, you should be responsible for your words and deeds, let alone a public figure!

It hurts to speak too directly. Those "cool words" should also make some people around you uncomfortable, but she is a celebrity and didn't say it. Even if it's for a willing heart, nowadays celebrities always like to write an apology statement, send a Weibo or even record a video after weighing the pros and cons, and then wait for the public to pay the bill. Is it useful? Without deep introspection, sincere apology and timely correction of mistakes, it is useless at all. The same thing will happen again until everyone can't accept it.

As the saying goes, "to err is human", but there is also a saying that "mistakes can be corrected". We are not "saints", so we make mistakes. There's nothing better.

Three. Self-disciplined life-12 self-managed catch-up rule.

Zeng Guofan has set a life goal of "learning to be an excellent official". In order to improve his self-management ability, he made 12 make-up lessons to restrain himself.

Through strict implementation, he not only prospered in his career, but also gained a large number of friends.

This reminds me of an interesting thing related to self-discipline. My college classmate Xiaoxing has developed a good habit of getting up at 5 am to study since he was a child. One morning, someone in the dormitory opened the door and went out. Just then, a strange woman walked into the dormitory, which happened to be discovered by Xiaoxing who just got up and was studying. She asked curiously what the woman was doing in. May be found a little guilty, the woman left a sentence "looking for someone" and left. Like getting up early, one is studying and the other is stealing. Although it is a trivial matter, thanks to Xiaoxing's self-discipline, we didn't lose property.

Through reading the biography of Zeng Guofan, I understand that "stupidity" is not a good thing but it is by no means a bad thing. He didn't understand until he failed in the imperial examination six times. He didn't know how to read more books until he saw the world of experts like a cloud. After making a stupid mistake, he knows how to be strict with himself. He laid the most solid foundation for his lifelong goal with one hand and one foot.

I didn't know Zeng Guofan until I knew that the "sage" was not so perfect. He grew up like a tree, and only by cutting off the redundant branches and leaves can he become a straight towering tree!

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