I just finished listening to the first section of Zeng Guofan’s family motto in the Himalayas - Save the stupid child. So far, this is the second time I have listened to Zeng Guofan's Family Instructions. "Wang Yangming" and "Zeng Guofan's Family Instructions" taught by Professor Li Bo are both wonderful. After listening to it today, I feel very different from the first time I listened to it. When I was a child, I also knew that Zeng Guofan's family motto was very famous, and it was recommended for family education. But the real connection with it was when my teacher recommended it to me when I was a junior in college. At that time, I didn’t have many ideas, and I felt that Zeng Guofan’s qualities were particularly worth learning from. Firstly, I was busy with laboratory work at that time, and I also encountered some personal problems myself. I didn’t have much time to calm down and read books. It was a period of poor thinking.

? Because of the epidemic, I have been at home for more than half a year, and I have a lot of free time to think and review myself. It also gives me the opportunity to come into contact with some new ideas and new things. This time I had a completely different psychology and feeling when I listened to the book.

My supervisor asked each of us new graduate students in the 20th class to listen to Zeng Guofan’s family letters, and I also took this opportunity to review it again.

Zeng Guofan is an ordinary person, but also an extraordinary person. He is said to be ordinary because he has a low starting point, is clumsy in his studies, cares about his division commander's criticism, shows cowardice in the face of his first defeat, and has regrets at the end of his life; he is said to be extraordinary because he has passed Self-education reaches the pinnacle of life, becoming a famous official throughout the ages, and his name will go down in history. He may not be really "stupid". His true intelligence lies in his understanding that he is not a smart person and being able to see his own weaknesses. He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise. Because of this, he is very diligent and never tires of learning. He is a not very smart, but diligent person who seems a bit clumsy.

God favors "stupid" people.

Self-knowledge alone is not enough, the key lies in his super self-control and execution ability. He is a serious person who never lets things pass easily. At any time, you will review what you have done and thought and find out the problems. This is the key. More importantly, he will lead by example and use his own experience as a case, which is rare and valuable and is also a role model for our generation.