Zeng Guofan's sixteen-character motto is: Accommodate things as they come, don't welcome the future, don't mess with the present, don't love the past.

The literal meaning of this sentence is: If you have no worries in your heart, don’t take the initiative to seek things before they come. Don’t worry too much, which will only increase troubles; Stop thinking about it and lingering on it will only slow down your progress.

To sum up, live in the present and cherish the present.

Quotations from Zeng Guofan’s family motto:

1. Diligence and hard work are the first value of getting up early, and the second value is perseverance; generals and generals have no seeds, saints and heroes have no seeds, as long as people are willing to be determined. , can be done.

2. When Gaishi people study, they must first be ambitious, secondly knowledgeable, and thirdly perseverant. If you have ambition, you will not be willing to be humble; if you have knowledge, you will know that knowledge is endless and you cannot be self-sufficient with one; if you have perseverance, you will be able to achieve anything. All three are indispensable.

3. If you can work hard and stand on your own feet, then you can study in a private school. You can study in a wilderness, in a lively place, and even if you have to work hard to feed hogs. If you can't work hard and stand on your own feet, then a private school is not suitable , that is, a pure land, a land of gods and immortals where no one can read. Why choose a location? Why choose the time? But ask yourself if your determination is true!