Wang Yangming is very clever, and he has almost never lost the war, while Zeng Guofan is stupid. He took several exams, lost several battles, committed suicide by diving and almost died. It is precisely because of Zeng Guofan's ordinary that he gave confidence to ordinary areas. Everyone is willing to study him and learn from him.
In addition to the "three axes" I mentioned earlier, Zeng Guofan's kung fu is also solid!
Things become consistent, but they will not meet in the future.
At that time, I didn't mix, I didn't love or love.
Take a look at Zeng Guofan's mantra 16. Don't be informal, don't be muddy and don't stick to it. Let nature take its course. The future has passed and the next one has come. Cherish the present moment! It is really an epiphany after the tempering of the world of mortals.
On Zeng Guofan's wedding day, the bride ran away, and the matchmaker was really sorry: marry my daughter! However, on the wedding day, the young lady almost fainted. It turned out that Zeng Guopan was covered in athlete's foot, and pieces of "fish scales" were exposed to the bride who had never met before. The bride Yu Ying turned pale when she saw it. She shed tears and was very wronged.
Zeng Guofan, an important official in the late Qing Dynasty, was originally a Han Chinese, but at the age of 35, he became a mainstay of the court, leading the Xiang army to defeat Shi Dakai, completely extinguishing the last afterglow of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Zeng Guofan was an official for 30 years and was one of the four important ministers in the late Qing Dynasty. Under his initiative, the Qing Dynasty established the first ship and the first ordnance school in China, printed and translated the first batch of western language books, and arranged the first batch of students to study in the United States.
Zeng Guofan's high achievements in his life are largely attributed to his wife, Miss Ouyang, and also to his own special skin disease.
Zeng Guofan is young and not smart. At the age of six, I studied in Hengyang, my father's friend and classmate Ouyang Ningzhi. Under the guidance of the teacher, Zeng Guofan made some progress. At the age of eight, he can recite four books and five classics; at the age of fourteen, he can read Zhou Li and Historical Records; at the age of fifteen, he won the seventh place in the children's quiz and became famous in one fell swoop.
As Zeng Guofan grows older, his teacher Ouyang Ningzhi wants to help him say a marriage. My teacher knew that there was a big Wang Xing girl waiting to get married at the foot of Hengshan Mountain, and personally came forward to help Zeng Guofan propose marriage to ensure that his apprentice would do something in the future, and his chest bones were almost broken.
Zeng Guofan was 24 years old that year. He passed the exam and has a bright future. The Wangs are getting ready to get married. In the next three years, Zeng Guofan will try to lose everything, which is very shameful. Miss Wang didn't want to marry a poor scholar, so she complained to her parents and hoped to cancel the marriage.
After Ouyang Ning knew it, he came to intercede again, hoping that the Wangs would give his disciples a chance to ensure Zeng Guofan's success in the next exam. The Wangs reluctantly agreed to hold a wedding.
On Zeng Guofan's wedding day, relatives and friends came, and everyone was waiting for the bride to come to the door. However, when the wedding procession reached the foot of Mount Hengshan, the bride just didn't go out. Who would have thought that the bride ran away from the marriage?
Zeng Guofan felt ashamed and Ouyang Ning was embarrassed. If the bride doesn't take it back today, the Tsengs will lose face and make a joke. They will be gossiped all their lives.
This marriage was originally promoted by Ouyang Ningzhi, but now he has done something bad with good intentions, and he feels very guilty. The Wangs not only hit him in the face, but also humiliated him in front of his disciples.
Seeing that the wedding procession returned empty-handed in a sedan chair, Ouyang Ningzhi, who was silent all the way, suddenly said, "The sedan chair has been carried to my house, and relatives and friends are waiting at home. My daughter just turned 65,438+08 this year. Although he is not very good-looking, his personality is ok. Today I decided to betroth her to you, and you should treat her well in the future. "
Zeng Guofan was in tears when he heard the teacher's words. He kowtowed to the teacher three times on the spot, and then assured the teacher: "Students must live up to their wives in the future, don't forget the support of the teacher, and ask the teacher to be worshipped by the students again."
Zeng Guofan lost Miss Wang, a wealthy businessman, and married Miss Ouyang, a scholarly family. When the wedding was officially held, Zeng Guofan was as drunk as a fiddler and returned to his room late at night to unveil the bride's red veil. After seeing Zeng Guofan, Miss Ouyang was very shy.
Because he was drunk, Zeng Guofan suddenly forgot his serious illness and undressed in front of Ouyang. When Miss Ouyang saw Zeng Guofan's body, she almost fainted with fear and never let Zeng Guofan touch her again.
Zeng Guofan had a skin disease, psoriasis, since he was a child. This kind of patient's body is often itchy and unbearable, and his skin is like snake skin, which looks very disgusting and terrible.
Miss Ouyang was scared and curled up in the corner of the bed, in a daze. She kept crying in a low voice and kept saying, "Don't come, don't come."
At this time, Zeng Guofan sobered up and looked at his scared wife. He felt guilty and said, "You have suffered."
Zeng Guofan didn't get close to Ouyang, and they stayed up all night. Miss Ouyang shut herself in her room for a few days without eating or drinking. In-laws did not blame her and understood her grievances.
In the next few days, Zeng Guofan read books in his study every day, and only in the middle of the night would he go back to his room with a quilt on the floor. After four or five days, Miss Ouyang began to eat.
That night, Miss Ouyang suddenly said to Zeng Guofan, "I don't blame you, this is my life. If you want to make it up to me, help me earn back a dead wife. "
When Miss Ouyang finished speaking, Zeng Guofan understood her meaning and patted her chest and said to her, "I do."
Miss Ouyang saw Zeng Guofan's body again. She was not afraid of anything and stroked Zeng Guofan's psoriasis. One stormy night, Miss Ouyang handed herself over to Zeng Guofan.
The next day, Zeng Guofan studied hard and was successfully admitted to Jinshi the following year. He became a student of Zhang Mu, a military affairs minister, and was personally promoted to the second place by Daoguang in the exam.
1846, Zeng Guofan was promoted to a bachelor's degree in the cabinet and assistant minister of rites, and Ouyang Shicheng became the imperial wife. It's only eight years before the initial appointment.
1848, Zeng Guofan was promoted to assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Ten years, seven grades, two grades and ten grades are rare.
Zeng Guofan was called a semi-saint, who made great achievements and kept his word.
(1) meritorious service: pacifying the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He laid down half of the Qing Empire.
(2) Lide: I am cautious in words and deeds and noble in character all my life. The captured Taiping Army repeatedly supported Zeng Guofan's establishment of the emperor, but they were all rejected by him face to face.
(3) Li Yan: Inheriting the vein of Tongcheng School, Tan Sitong and Liang Qichao were all influenced by his writing style. Zeng Guofan told future generations with his actions that his talent was mediocre and he could transform himself through self-discipline. When you read Zeng 16' s mantra "Things will adapt, but if they don't meet in the future, they won't mix, and he will never love", you will dwell on the past, and the confusion of the present will be reconciled with the instability of the future.
In addition to these achievements, Zeng Guofan's education for his children has always been praised by the world. Zeng Guofan is no longer around his children all the year round. He always writes home, pointing out their studies, and earnestly tells his children many times in his letters:
"Anyone who can't take advantage of others can't take their money lightly."
"Virtue is damaged by fullness, and happiness is reduced by arrogance."
"Don't do your own work, don't do your own fame."
Zeng Guofan, whether to himself or to his subordinates and children, requires diligence and cannot be lazy. None of Zeng's children lost Zeng Guofan's face, and talented people came forth in large numbers.
I refer to the article revision of the mind-training copy, which is helpful for you to understand self-cultivation