1. People have no perseverance and achieve nothing in their lives.

——"Zeng Guofan's Family Letter" to his ninth brother Guoquan on December 14, the seventh year of Xianfeng's reign

Explanation: If a person does not have perseverance, he will accomplish nothing in his life.

2. There are endless ways to learn, but perseverance is always the main thing. Brother, I was very inconsistent in the past. In recent years, I have gotten better, but I am still not mature enough.

——Zeng Guofan's "To the Brothers, You Must Have Perseverance in Studying"

3. If you want to set up separate courses, explain more rules so that the brothers can follow them, but you are afraid that they will The younger brother is disgusted by seeing him; he wants to remain silent and not speak, which is not the way for an elder brother to supervise and hold him accountable. In the past years, I often showed lessons to my brothers, but recently I only teach the word "You Heng". I hope that all my brothers will write down their monthly homework and tell me clearly, that will give me great comfort.

——Zeng Guofan's "To My Brothers, You Must Have Perseverance in Reading"

4. Since the beginning of July, there has been no interruption for a day. Every day, I write hundreds of words and copy hundreds of books. The book must be at least 20 pages long, but it doesn't matter if it is more than 20 pages. Since July, I have read 100 volumes of "Collected Works of Wang Jinggong", 40 volumes of "Collected Works of Gui Zhenchuan", 20 volumes of "The Book of Songs", and 100 volumes of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty", all marked with red circles. Although you are extremely busy, you still need to do today's homework. Don't make up for it today because you were delayed yesterday, and don't do it today because you have something to do tomorrow. If all my brothers can continue to do this, even if my fourth brother has average talents, he will still achieve something.

——Zeng Guofan's "To Brothers, You Must Have Perseverance in Reading"

5. Brother, I am looking forward to it day and night. I only have the word "persistence" to tell all my brothers, and I hope that all my brothers will pay attention to it at all times.

——Zeng Guofan's "To My Brothers, You Must Have Perseverance in Studying"

6. When a mortal does something, he must concentrate on it with all his energy, from beginning to end, without any change in thoughts. Do this Think about it, sit on this mountain and look at that mountain.

——Zeng Guofan

Interpretation: Whenever you do something, you must put all your energy into it. You must persevere and persist to the end. You cannot change your mind and give up halfway. You can't do this and think about that, you can't see the height of this mountain.