There are many famous sayings by Zeng Guofan, here are a few of them:

1. Leave room for everything, be magnanimous and tolerant.

Meaning: Today’s life is about harmony, be tolerant to others, be strict to yourself, allow others to correct their mistakes and give them opportunities. ?

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

Meaning: Don’t be greedy for other people’s money. Keep your word, borrow and repay. If you make a mistake, think about it carefully and teach it well. Think carefully and treat the elderly with respect.

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

Meaning: It is sometimes not a good thing to say that the family is too prominent.

4. The way of a gentleman is to know the fate as the first priority.

Meaning: The principle of a gentleman's life should be to know what he should do and what he should not do as the first condition.

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

Meaning: If you want to be broad-minded, you must work hard on the word plain.

6. If the family is harmonious, happiness will come naturally.

Meaning: From ancient times to the present, family and blessings will come. Good luck always comes to the homes of good people who have good intentions and do good deeds. It is said that every good family must be happy.

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

Meaning:? Why is it necessary to choose a place and a time? Just ask yourself whether your determination is true.

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

Meaning: A person who needs to take stock of everything bit by bit. If you wait until tomorrow to do something about one day, it will be very difficult to make up for it in the future.

Zeng Guofan (November 26, 1811 - March 12, 1872), originally named Zicheng, with the courtesy name Bohan and the nickname Disheng, was the 70th grandson of the sage Zengzi. A modern Chinese statesman, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, writer, and the founder and commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army.

Zeng Guofan was born into a landlord family. He was diligent and studious since he was a child, and entered a private school at the age of 6. At the age of 8, he can read the Four Books and recite the Five Classics. At the age of 14, he can read the selected works of "Zhou Rites" and "Historical Records". In the 18th year of Daoguang's reign (1838), he became a Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy, where he was a student of Mu Zhang'amen, Minister of Military and Aircraft. Lei Qian was a bachelor of the cabinet, minister of the Ministry of Rites, and minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Industry, Punishment, and Officials. He became close friends with the scholar Wo Ren and Huining Dao He Guizhen, etc., and strengthened each other with "practical learning". During the Taiping Rebellion, Zeng Guofan formed the Hunan Army to turn the tide and conquer the Taiping Rebellion after years of fierce fighting. Throughout his life, he devoted his life to politics and regarded patience as the first priority. He advocated being diligent, thrifty and honest in everything he did and not being arrogant as an official. He cultivated himself and disciplined himself, sought an official position based on virtue, put etiquette first, and pursued politics with loyalty, and achieved great success in the officialdom.

The rise of Zeng Guofan had a profound impact on the politics, military, culture, economy and other aspects of the Qing Dynasty. Under Zeng Guofan's initiative, China's first ship was built, the first military engineering school was established, the first batch of Western books were printed and translated, and the first batch of students studying in the United States were arranged. It can be said that Zeng Guofan was the pioneer of China's modernization construction. Zeng Guofan and Hu Linyi are collectively known as "Zeng Hu", and together with Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and Zhang Zhidong, they are known as "the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty and Zhongxing". He served as governor of Liangjiang, governor of Zhili, and bachelor of Wuyingdian. He was granted the title of first-class Yiyong Marquis, with the posthumous title "Wenzheng" and later generations called him "Zeng Wenzheng".