Zeng Guofan's famous sayings

1. When I encounter a deceitful person, he will be unpredictable and unpredictable. If I treat him with sincerity, my skills will be exhausted.

2. Leave room for everything and be magnanimous to accommodate others.

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

4. If you are too rich and noble, you are not a good elephant.

5. The first is ambition, the second is knowledge, and the third is perseverance.

6. Being dignified and serious is the sign of nobility, being humble and having a face is the sign of nobility; everything turns out to be the sign of wealth, and having the heart to give things to others is the sign of wealth.

7. Be diligent in your country, thrifty in your family, loyal in words and respectful in deeds.

8. 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.

9. Be content that the world is wide.

10. Hundreds of ills arise from laziness.

11. If your knowledge is wide, the world will be great.

12. Don’t have anything to do with cheap money, and don’t have anything to do with someone who is suspicious.

13. If you blame someone too directly and make people feel ashamed, it is just a fault for me.

14. Treating relatives with love for your wife will never be unfilial. If you blame yourself with the same intention of blaming others, you will make few mistakes. If you forgive others with the same heart that you forgive yourself, then you will be friends with everyone.

15. The way of a gentleman is to know the destiny as the first priority.

16. To have a broad mind, you must learn from the word plain.

17. If the family is harmonious, happiness will come from itself.

18. Why choose a location? Why choose the time? But ask yourself if your determination is true!

19. Everything must be checked day by day. It will be difficult to just wait for one day to make amends later.

20. Forbid big talk and be pragmatic.

21. Saving trouble is the way to clear your mind, and reading is the way to save trouble.

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

23. Don’t be alone in your merits, and don’t shirk your faults.

24. It is shameful to follow others, but it is hateful to be self-willed. Not being attached to anything is the middle way. It is rare to find one, but it is the most elegant thing to be able to stand in the midst of waves and trends.

25. If you receive unreasonable feelings, you are afraid of doing unreasonable things.

26. When encountering difficulties, you must work hard with patience.

27. Blame yourself for being thick and blame others for being thin.

28. Light wealth is enough to gather people, self-discipline is enough to convince others, tolerance is enough to win people, and being proactive is enough to lead people.

29. The more you use your spirit, the better it will come out. Don’t protect your body too much because of your weak body.

30. No matter whether young or old, men or women in the family, hard work is the first righteousness, and humility is the second righteousness. Hard work will not be lost, a humble person will not be arrogant, and all good things will come from this.

31. In ancient times, heroes must have a foundation when they set up a cause.

32. It must be more clumsy than clever, and then it can last.

33. Being troubled and worried is the time to hone your heroes.

34. To be self-reliant, a man must be stubborn.

35. With a calm mind, you can survive the dangers of life. The intricate connections can test my talent; the waves and waves can test my skills; the difficulties and obstacles are all there to test.

36. Be quiet first, then think about it, and do it when you are 50 or 60% sure.

37. What is learned from the outside and obtained from the inside is called Ming; what is learned from the inside and combined with the outside is called sincerity. Sincerity and Ming are the same.

38. The way to self-cultivation is to cultivate the mind.

39. If the children of aristocratic families have the same clothing, food and daily life as those of poor people, they can become great people.

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

41. A country is strong by winning people.

42. If you don’t do things quickly, you won’t do it as well as you should, and if you don’t do things as quickly as you think, it won’t be as good as when you do it.

43. If a person can make up his own mind, what can’t the saints and heroes do? Why rely on people?

44. Rule the world with great virtue, not with small favors.

45. Don’t be afraid of being young and poor in life.

46. Don’t follow the crowd to be happy and fearful.

47. When doing great things, knowledge is the main thing and talent is the supplement; when great things are accomplished, half of it is human planning and half of it is God’s will.

48. I do my best to listen to God. I just need to be cautious every day.

49. There are two types of bad virtues that lead to failure: those who are proud and talkative.

50. All mortals can be saints, and it has nothing to do with the amount of reading.

51. There is nothing in the world that does not come from hardship, but it can be great and lasting.

52. If brothers are harmonious, even a poor family will prosper; if brothers are not harmonious, even a noble family will fail.

53. If you have made mistakes in previous lives, you can correct them by yourself; if you have not made mistakes in previous lives, you can create them yourself.

54. Righteousness depends on the eyes and nose, authenticity depends on the lips, fame depends on the spirit, wealth depends on the spirit.

55. When we study, there are only two things, one is to improve morality, and the other is to cultivate one's career.

56. You must grit your teeth and be determined, accumulate your energy and grow your ambition, and you must not be discouraged.

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

58. Too much nobleness will harm benevolence, and too much gentleness will harm justice. This is why you value the middle way.

59. When God is right, people are right; when God is evil, people are evil.

60. If you don’t think deeply, you can’t create the Tao. What is gained without deep thought will be easily lost.

61. To fight without panic, seek stability first and change secondly; do things quietly and odorlessly, and be precise and simple at the same time.

62. It is always advisable to reward people for their strengths while regulating their weaknesses.

63. People must be sincere, and then their careers will be great and long-lasting.

64. In all things in the world, consideration is more important, detailed execution is more important, hard planning is more important, and judgment among others is more important than independence.

65. Let go, be bold, and stop looking forward and backward.

66. When people are in trouble, there is only one solution. After completing the conspiracy, you must take it calmly.

67. Living with bad neighbors and sitting in a place that harms your friends is a way to exercise caution and be cautious, which is also a resource for advancing virtue.

68. The heroes of entrepreneurship in prosperous times take open-mindedness as their first priority.

69. It is a good thing for a gentleman to help others when they are in danger and when people are in urgent need. It is a good thing if a gentleman can help others without boasting.

70. Stay true to yourself, stay away from ingenuity, stay strong and perseverant, and stay away from stubbornness.

71. When advising others, you should not point out their faults, but first appreciate their strengths. When a person is happy, words are easy to enter, but when a person is angry, words are difficult to enter. Anger is better than personal reasons.

72. People’s temperament is difficult to change due to their innate nature, but reading can change their temperament.

73. Those who enjoy great fame without any real facts are bound to be in trouble.

74. Don’t be too smart.

75. Those who learn and give up are worse than those who do not learn and give up. Those who fail to learn will be arrogant because of their learning, and arrogance will lead to humiliation. Those who fail to learn and give up will feel ashamed of themselves and feel inferior. (m.taiks.com) Being humble means that you are more courageous than what others call violent, and you are more talented than what others call a monster.

76. Those who want to save money will definitely save money.

77. A loss of reputation creates doubts far and near.

78. No matter in troubled times, in any family, if one is diligent and respectful, there will be no one who fails to prosper; if one is not diligent and respectful, there will be no one who is invincible.

79. When a person does something, he must concentrate on it with all his energy, without any wandering thoughts.

80. He is diligent and respectful, and even a fool can be wise and wise.

81. Start from scratch and reopen the world.

82. Being self-sufficient with talent and being proud of oneself will be tabooed by villains and despised by gentlemen.

83. A person of small benevolence is a thief of great benevolence. Life mottos, Chinese classics, Buddhist scriptures