Being cautious about being alone leads to peace of mind: when one is alone, one can feel at ease and be calm when dealing with others.

Respect is good for your health: Subjectively respecting people and things can make your body and mind strong.

seeking benevolence makes people happy: paying attention to kindness can make people convinced.

studying hard makes the gods admire: hard work and hard work can make the gods admire.

From Zeng Guofan's Admonishing Book

Qing Dynasty: Zeng Guofan's

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Zeng Guofan's Admonishing Book

Qing Dynasty: Zeng Guofan

Yu Tongji has been a top official for more than 3 years, but he has achieved nothing in his studies. He has no permission in virtue, and his boss is injured, so he is overwhelmed with shame. I will say goodbye to you now, and I will teach you four things.

once you are cautious, you will feel at ease. The way of self-study is not difficult to cultivate the heart; It is difficult to raise the heart, but also cautious. Can be cautious and independent, introspective and not guilty, can be geological ghosts and gods. No one is ashamed, then the heavenly king is calm. This heart is always quick and broad-minded, which is the first way to strengthen yourself in life, the first way to have fun, and the first thing to do is to keep fit.

on the second day, respect from the Lord makes you strong. The interior is quiet and pure, while the exterior is neat and serious. The time of respect is also; If you go out, you will see the distinguished guests, so that the people will bear the big sacrifices and respect the weather; Self-cultivation is to protect the people, and the world is peaceful and respectful, and it is also effective. Smart and wise, all from this. Zhuang Jing is strong every day, and An Si steals every day. If there are no people, no matter how big or small, respect them one by one and dare not neglect them. If you are strong and strong, why doubt it?

three words: seeking benevolence makes people happy. Every mortal's life is shaped by the principle of heaven and earth, and by the qi of heaven and earth. I and the people have the same origin. If you know yourself but don't know what people love, you have lost your way to the source of the big book.

as for respecting officials and being generous and above others, you have the responsibility to save the people from drowning and hunger. Learning from the past and getting a rough idea of righteousness have both the responsibility of perceiving and perceiving later. Confucius teaches people nothing more than seeking benevolence, and the most important thing is not to want to establish people and to learn from others. People who have achieved great things, who are unhappy and return home?

four days, learning to work will make the gods admire. What a man wears in a day is commensurate with what he does in a day, so others will do it, and ghosts and gods will allow it, thinking that he is self-reliant.

If the farmer weaves women all the year round, and the cloth is as small as a few feet, and the rich family is happy all the year round, but the food must be delicious, the clothes must be splendid, and the world will be full of promises. How long will it last?

In ancient times, the sages and sages always worked hard and encouraged themselves. For a plan, you must practice skills, hone your bones and muscles, walk in difficulty and worry about danger, and then you can increase your wisdom and gain insight. If you plan for the world, you will be hungry and drowned, and you will not get a husband, which will lead to Yu Gu. Dayu and Mozi were extremely thrifty to serve themselves and diligent to save the people.

Diligence leads to longevity, while escape leads to death. Diligence leads to the use of materials, while escape leads to the abandonment without effort. Diligence leads to the benefit of the people and the admiration of the gods. Escape does not help people, but ghosts and gods do not care.

these four articles are the achievements of the rest of the world for ten years. if your brother remembers his trip and passes it on to his children and grandchildren, Yu Zeng's family will last forever and have talents.

Introduce

Zeng Guofan, the official governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, and a university student of Wuyingdian. He was named the first-class Yi Yong Hou, and posthumous title was "Wen Zheng", later called "Ceng Wenzheng". He is one of the four famous ministers in the late Qing Dynasty. At present, a popular phrase is "Be a man with Zeng Guofan, be an official with Li Hongzhang, and work with Zuo Zongtang".

Zeng Guofan pursued Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism all his life, but he did not blindly worship it. At the same time, he absorbed the essence of other branches of Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties. Zeng Guofan's Commandments is his suicide note, which expounds the important ideological essence of his life and has become the family motto for generations.

Zeng Guofan interprets his life wisdom from four aspects. The first point talks about "cautious independence", and it is mentioned in the article: "Being cautious and independent, introspecting the book and not feeling guilty, can help the gods and ghosts. No one is guilty, then Tianjun is calm. "

"cautious independence" is a very important thought of Confucianism, which means that a person can be self-disciplined in his own behavior when he is alone, which is a realm. What a lofty realm a person can achieve "cautious independence". From the perspective of Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism, this is the study of mind and nature, which needs to be cultivated. This is the spiritual realm of an awakened one. "The awakened one, the mind gives birth to the law; the cultivated one, the mind is controlled by the law".

Zeng Guofan was cautious and independent all his life because of his high ideological level of "Awakener". This should also be a guiding ideology for us modern people to improve the quality of full names. "Cautious independence", as a classic thought of Confucianism, was vividly interpreted in Zeng Guofan's life and made Zeng Guofan immortal.

in the second point of the book of commandments, Zeng Guofan put forward that "respecting the body is strong", and "respecting the body" was also a moral cultivation method put forward by Cheng Yi, a China Song Dynasty philosopher. Respect as a cultivation method was first seen in Zi Lu, The Analects of Confucius: "Live respectfully, deacons respect" and Classical Chinese, The Book of Changes: "Respect is straight inside, righteousness is outside".

"Jing" here also means to be cautious. Accordingly, Cheng Yi exert his kung fu for inner self-restraint. The "respect" here also means to bring people respect. The person who "respects" is strict with others and has no neglect, which can give people a good impression. This is the meaning of Zeng Guofan's ability to recruit talents and preserve his sanity.

Appreciation of Zeng Guofan's Commandments

Zeng Guofan wrote a very famous exposition in his later years. Later generations often compare "Zeng Guofan's Commandments" with "Zhuge Liang's Commandments", which shows its great influence. It is bound to be the constraint and restriction on one's children and family after feeling, and it has become a famous saying of managing the family.