The book is divided into three chapters and eight sections.
The first one is positive: from cynicism to craftiness, it tells the five disgraces of Ceng Gong; Relationship with the left; How to reshape yourself?
The first chapter of "The Front and Side of Zeng Guofan" talked about shame five times, and its influence on Ceng Gong was mainly reflected in. 65438+
Summary: When everything is difficult, you are a hero if you get through it. If you are frustrated, face it with "regret" and "effort".
Zuo Tang Zong looked down on Ceng Gong. At the last intersection, Ceng Gong was open-minded and moved Zuo Tang Zong. The left has also changed. The leftists, who have always been "striving for merit", gave credit to Ceng Gong and Liu Songshan (Ceng Gong's proud subordinates), but they were misunderstood by the conspiracy theories of the world, and they were helpless ... Until Ceng Gong died, they had no contact. The couplet given at the funeral was "Born Late". If you think this is the end, you are wrong. Zuo Zi takes care of Ceng Gong's son (who has no money to see a doctor) and son-in-law (who helps to get promoted). At the same time, Zuo did not stop "talking" (sarcastically evaluating Ceng Gong).
For the "words" of Zuo, there was a spirit of "forgetting the rivers and lakes". If you don't scold, don't listen and don't care, the result will be "invincible", but you will save trouble and effort. In his later years, Ceng Gong has seen through his fame, only the word responsibility.
"Only know how to make progress, but can't be quiet" is Guo Songtao's evaluation of Left.
The third chapter "thoroughly remould oneself" is about the official career in Beijing. I set up a one-day class and found my own shortcomings, including four: I can't sit still, I'm arrogant, I'm hypocritical and I'm lewd. Most of the friends I made in Beijing were Neo-Confucianists with puritan moral enthusiasm. They are strict with themselves, sincere and serious, and firm in the face of the world of mortals.
Determined to be "perfect".
Example: Three groups of students lift weights.
Five levels of Maslow's needs.
Unity of knowledge and action.
At the beginning of your study, you have a firm will, a brave and diligent heart, and eternal loyalty.
The same is true of doing things. Try your best at the beginning and have a strong momentum, otherwise you will never succeed. If you can't break through the key points, you can't be cruel to yourself. This kind of cruelty has many similarities with the strong desire I say every day. )
The second chapter is on the left: income and expenditure. The fourth chapter has finished reading the economic life of Beijing official Zeng Guofan. Although he became an official, he was not rich. There are three channels of income: one is to receive gifts (to visit the rich in their hometown), the other is to borrow money, and the third is to mediate civil disputes. Borrowing money accounted for a large part, and I made a windfall (I became an examiner after passing the provincial examination in Sichuan).
Twenty-two years (being an official and leading troops to fight). It is said that in the late Qing Dynasty, the government was corrupt, most of the soldiers worked part-time, and the army widely operated the tertiary industry. Ceng Gong went home to observe filial piety through his father's death ... Ceng Gong's troops had no real power, and Hunan local officials didn't buy it. At that time, only one item could compete with the Taiping rebels ... Ceng Gong wanted Xianfeng to give him a position, but Xianfeng kept Ceng Gong's system for three years (abolishing the relieving ...) ... The Xiang army brought out by Ceng Gong single-handedly worked so hard for so many years, all in vain. During this time at home, Ceng Gong reflected on why he got along so badly with officialdom and the emperor. One is personality defect ... too principled. ...
Ceng Gong concluded that we should share the same dust with others ... All rivers run into sea, and we can unite and mobilize.
Qing: The incorruptibility of Ceng Gong is self-evident. Turbidity: an accepted hidden rule.
Five "etiquette" with superiors:
Meeting ceremony \ Inauguration ceremony (just taking office), holiday ceremony, congratulations ceremony (wedding ceremony), thank-you ceremony (boss's promotion) and resignation ceremony.
Ceng Gong has established a new trend of officialdom 1. No presents. Manage the staff (door/doorman) around him.
Chapter three, superstition and fate are on the right. People's efforts and gains are out of proportion. Be abandoned and go home to comfort yourself with fate. Unexpectedly, after ten years and seven moves, I became the other protagonist of the biggest peasant uprising war in China. Where people flow depends entirely on the terrain.
Every sentiment in life is shared with my brother.
Where there is ambition, there are stones. Although I know that fate is hard to break, I "know that it can't be done."
The Book of Changes has been read through five times.
My summary: