Zeng Guofan was an important official in the late Qing Dynasty. His life is a counter-attack process from the children of grass-roots farmers to the highest minister of the country. In this inspirational life story, Zeng Guofan left many well-known stories. It also created Enze's life creed and the method and philosophy of dealing with people.
Zeng Guofan's thoroughly studied moral literature and philosophy of life are almost all included in Zeng Guofan's letters, which are the crystallization and vivid reaction of Zeng Guofan's experience and lessons in his life as an official and the wisdom of managing the country and the world. It is still like an awakening, and it has benefited a lot.
Zeng Guofan said in a letter to his ninth brother that people have two biggest problems and are prone to trouble. Arrogant and talkative. Zeng Guofan's views on the official doctors in the previous dynasty and the celebrities in the current dynasty, many people have been infected with these two problems from prosperity to decline.
No one is perfect, especially in officialdom. Even if he gained power occasionally, he became a red man in front of the emperor. If you are too arrogant to take others seriously, then you are laying a curse for your own fall. Officialdom is a truly clean person without any dust. At the time of decline, a little trouble will be pushed down by the wall. Because the curse has been buried.
Zeng Guofan's historical influence;
Zeng Guofan pursued Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism all his life, but he did not blindly worship Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. In fact, he also borrowed from other schools of Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties. Neo-Confucianism in Song and Ming Dynasties is actually divided into three academic schools: Qi, Neo-Confucianism and Mind.
In his political practice and military struggle, Zeng Guofan gradually saw the limitations of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, such as "teaching by words", "illness" or "quietness". In this case, Zeng Guofan showed a tolerant academic attitude towards the theory of mind. Academic Debate between Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism and Wang Lu's Neo-Confucianism.
He believes that the dispute between the two factions should take their similarities, avoid their differences, promote their strengths, eclectic, foster strengths and avoid weaknesses, and promote the development of Confucianism. Zeng Guofan also made up for the limitations of Neo-Confucianism with the resources of Qi in the generative theory, saying that "Zhang Zizhi is sincere, honest and very modest".