Ten of Zeng Guofan’s most classic sayings are:

1. For all people to study, they must first have ambition, secondly have knowledge, and thirdly have perseverance. If you have ambition, you will never be willing to be low; if you have knowledge, you will know that knowledge is endless, and you will not dare to be self-sufficient with just one thing. You are like a river boy looking at the sea, like a frog in a well looking at the sky. They are all ignorant; if you have constant wealth, you can achieve anything. All three are indispensable.

2. The ways of learning are endless, but perseverance is always the main thing. Don't make up for it today because you were delayed yesterday, don't do it today because you have something to do tomorrow.

3. Those who have no perseverance will change their minds when they see new things, and it is difficult to make progress.

4. Constantity is the first virtue in life.

5. It can be seen that there is no distinction between age and age, and there is no distinction between difficulty and difficulty in things, but if you practice persistently, you can plant trees and raise animals freely, and you will see how big they are day by day without noticing.

6. You don’t need to ask for a memory, but you should ask for an understanding.

7. If you think hard and ask questions diligently, why can’t you make rapid progress?

8. Move forward step by step, day by day, it will come to an end, there is no need to calculate the distance and sigh in vain.

9. If the heart is used frequently, it will be alive; if it is not used, it will be suffocated. If you use it frequently, it will be fine, if you don’t use it, it will be thicker.

10. People’s temperament is difficult to change due to their innate nature, but reading can change their temperament. If you want to achieve change, you must first establish strong ambitions. Throughout his life, Zeng Guofan pursued the ideal path of "clear virtue, new people, and the pursuit of perfection, as well as the investigation of things, knowledge, sincerity, integrity, self-cultivation, family order, country governance, and world peace." "Establishing virtue, meritorious service, and establishing reputation" were his lifelong pursuits His goal of "Three Immortals" is that his morals, poetry, literature, and martial arts are all impressive.