Zeng Guofan’s famous sayings are as follows:

1. If you don’t love the past, you won’t love the present, and you won’t welcome the future.

2. Don’t be too smart.

3. The mediocre people in the world, both ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word laziness. The talents in the world, ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word arrogance.

4. The sky shines on the sea with countless flowers, and the flowing water and the high mountains are self-aware.

5. Only the most sincerity in the world can defeat the most false in the world, and only the most clumsy in the world can defeat the most skillful in the world.

6. Don’t work too hard, but work persistently.

7. Keep your ambition strong, work hard, and work hard. No matter how big or small, you will succeed.

8. Don’t be afraid of being poor when you are young.

9. To be disliked by others is inseparable from being arrogant.

10. The sky can be mended, the sea can be filled, and the Nanshan Mountains can be moved. The sun and the moon have passed and cannot be traced back.

11. When scholars study, they must first have ambition. If they have ambition, they will never be willing to be inferior. Secondly, you must have knowledge. If you have knowledge, you will know that knowledge is endless and you will not dare to be self-sufficient in one thing. You will be like a river boy looking at the sea or a well frog looking at the sky, both of which have no knowledge. The third thing is perseverance. With perseverance, nothing can be accomplished. All three are indispensable.

12. When ordinary people do something, they must concentrate on it with all their concentration, without any change in thoughts. Do this, think that, sit on this mountain, and look at that mountain. A person has no permanence and accomplishes nothing in his life.

13. Youth cannot endure good times, middle age cannot endure leisure, and old age cannot endure adversity. Zeng Guofan's theory of three realms of life.

14. People should save themselves from trouble and should not be afraid of it. People should be free from vulgarity, not artificial. You should not go with the times, and you should not follow the times.

15. Those who are too impatient will not have a sense of perseverance, those who are too fearful will not have outstanding views, those who are too lustful will not have generosity, those who talk too much will not have a sincere heart, and those who are too brave will not have a sincere heart. Literary elegance.