Source: Zeng Guofan's family training
Zeng Guofan walked out of misery from an obscure cloth to a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and every achievement he made came out of setbacks and hardships. As he himself said in his letter to his family, "As the saying goes, once you take a fall, you gain wisdom. When I am frustrated and humiliated, I must be inspirational, save my energy and gain wisdom. I must not be humble. "
Zeng Guofan was originally a civilian, and Emperor Xianfeng was a dead horse, so he had to form his own Xiang army in Hunan to resist the Taiping Army. He doesn't know the art of war, but he wants to lead troops to fight. Besides, he doesn't need anyone, and he wants money and has no money. He was also ridiculed and rejected by his colleagues. The difficulty can be imagined.
At the beginning of Xiang Army, Zeng Guofan suffered repeated battles and defeats due to inexperience, but he did not give up. He quickly pulled himself together, lost many wars, constantly summed up experience, and then won several victories. Zeng Guofan joined the army for more than ten years, never knowing anything about military affairs, and became an excellent strategist and commander in chief.