Letters from Zeng Guofan is a collection of Zeng Guofan's letters in the middle of Qing Dynasty19th century. This collection of letters records Zeng Guofan's Hanyuan career and military career from 30 years of Qing Daoguang to 30 years of Tongzhi 10, with nearly 500 letters.
Zeng Guofan's Letters contains 435 letters from Zeng Guofan, including 14 letters from grandfather, 48 letters from parents, 9 letters from uncle, 249 letters from elder brother and 1 15 letters from adopted son.
In addition, there are seven links such as "letter to wife" and "letter to nephew", including self-cultivation, dealing with people, making friends and knowing people, educating children, managing the army and politics, etc. From grandparents to parents to brothers and children.
The content involved is extremely extensive, which is a vivid reflection of Zeng Guofan's main activities and the way of governing politics, family and learning. Zeng Jiashu's writing is calm, free in form, free in thought and writing, full of true knowledge and kind words in plain daily life, and has strong persuasiveness and appeal.
Although there are few works handed down from ancient times, there is only one family letter that can reflect his knowledge and moral cultivation. As a famous Neo-Confucianism and litterateur in Qing Dynasty, Zeng Guofan was very particular about the format of letters, which showed his sincere and rigorous style.
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Zeng Guofan devoted himself to study in his early years, and his academic research ranged from history and ancient prose to calligraphy, neo-Confucianism and various laws and regulations. He is thirsty for knowledge, comparable to Mei Zengliang and what a famous scholar, but he did not become a scholar with rich writings in the end, mainly because he was promoted to the second-class official before he could write a book.
From then on, he was busy with the battle of officialdom, and then devoted himself to the military campaign, which made him unable to stick to the bookstore and concentrate on his studies. Nan, a famous contemporary scholar, said in The Analects of Confucius: "Zeng Guofan, a famous minister of ZTE in the Qing Dynasty, had thirteen sets of knowledge, two of which were handed down from generation to generation, one of which was a letter from Zeng Guofan."
Today, people can study Zeng Guofan's letters. It records the main activities of Zeng Guofan's life and his main thoughts in politics, family management, scholarship and army management, which is a precious material for future generations to study Zeng Guofan's thoughts.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zeng Guofan's Letter