Zeng Guofan's famous family precepts are as follows:

First, a scholar should be ambitious, knowledgeable and persistent when studying.

in the vernacular, intellectuals should have ambition, insight and perseverance.

second, if you have a thing with a suspicious person, it will never work. You will be involved in things that are good for others.

in the vernacular, it means that if you are involved with a suspicious person, you will never succeed. And greedy people * * *, oneself will be implicated.

Third, a family's defeat cannot be separated from a luxury word, a person's defeat cannot be separated from an escape word, and a nuisance cannot be separated from an arrogance word.

vernacular meaning: the decline of a rich clan depends on the word "luxury", which is easy and enjoyable. In the end, it is not far from failure. If people are like plum blossoms, everyone will naturally respect and kiss them, and it is even less likely to be annoying.

fourth, those who are eager to win others will have no place to win others. If they can win others, they will never win.

vernacular meaning: people who think they are better than others must be inferior to others; People who are better than others will not think that they are better than others.

5. God is right, and God is evil.

vernacular meaning: a person whose eyes and demeanor are not erratic and stable is also upright; People whose eyes are erratic and unstable are also wicked.