In the book "The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan", Zhang Hongjie shows us the process of Zeng Guofan's growth, transformation and achievement through life, officialdom, family letters, relatives and friends, etc.

Zeng Guofan, as an ordinary person like us, had mediocre qualifications and no good health, but he was able to aspire high, work hard, and be diligent throughout his life, and lived the life he dreamed of.

Zeng Guofan’s life brought us ordinary people the direction, methods and beliefs to positively change our destiny.

The greatest significance of Zeng Guofan to future generations is that he used his own practice to prove that a middle-aged man can become a superman through "cultivation and change".

A dull person can become a reliable and capable person through self-discipline.

A noisy person can also become as calm and pure as the breeze and bright moon. Paranoid people can also be open-minded and not shy.

Zeng Guofan entered the Hanlin Academy at the age of 30. Influenced by his Neo-Confucian Hanlin colleagues who had good temperament, strong beliefs, firm hearts and noble conduct, he determined to be a saint.

We often hear people say that it is easy to change a country but hard to change its nature. It describes that once a person develops a habit, it is difficult to change it.

Zeng Guofan relied on his tenacious spirit and spent his life's "daily lessons" in action, reflecting on and correcting his bad habits, and transformed his words, deeds, thoughts, and temperament.

This made me instantly believe that human potential is unlimited. As long as you have high ambitions and work hard towards your goals, everything is possible...

Zeng Guofan brings the greatest inspiration to the world: no matter what No matter what your qualifications are, as long as you want to change, and have perseverance, through diligence and perseverance, you can become someone better than yourself.

I remember what my mother often told us when we were children, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing. As long as you want to do it, there is nothing impossible.

My mother also used such firm belief to bravely face reality and take responsibility after my father had an accident at work and lost his ability to work.

My mother used her weak shoulders to shoulder the burden of a family of seven and overcome all difficulties to provide for us to go to school.

In order to earn tuition for us and support the family, in addition to my father’s salary, my mother always found ways to raise chickens, ducks, geese and rabbits, and do small business, day and night, year after year.

When farming is busy, my mother acts like a man and is the only strong labor force in the family.

During the off-season, the mother is the woman. She washes, washes, mends, and makes clothes for the whole family every day.

My mother, despite the cynicism of her neighbors, created a learning environment for us, trained three college students, and led our family out of the countryside and back to the city.

Under the influence of our mother, we each determined our life goals, worked hard, moved forward, and lived the life we ??wanted.

Zeng Guofan’s life of self-reflection, self-examination, self-correction, and ultimately sainthood tells us that for future generations, people must have long aspirations and implement their dreams into actions before they can come true.

No matter what your talent level is, you can set goals through determination.

Review and reflect every day, correct yourself bit by bit from words, deeds, and details of life, improve yourself, reach your own requirements, and live your own life.