This is from Zeng Guofan's famous saying: "Either a saint or an animal; Mo Wen harvests, but requires farming. " . This is the motto that Zeng Guofan followed all his life. It shows that life should not only focus on harvest, but should forget to cultivate. As long as you work hard and do well in the present, you will definitely get enough rewards in the future.
In Zeng's life, it was his duty to rule the country and level the world. Inner saint and outer king, inner saint and integrity, outer king is the ruler. Zeng Guofan, with the great wisdom of the world, is determined to cultivate one's morality, study, run a family, be an official, know how to use people and manage the world. The essence of China traditional culture embodied in Zeng Guofan is really "learning from a source, achieving great things, serving the country faithfully, and being energetic."
Zeng Guofan's Military Achievements:
Zeng Guofan advocated loyalty to the monarch and morality, and ruled the army with Confucianism, which was also implemented in the aspects of selecting generals, recruiting soldiers, managing the army, and coordinating the internal and external relations of the army. Zeng Guofan's military thought is extremely rich in connotation.
He believes that the number of soldiers is small, but fine, "serenade is strong", "the more soldiers, the weaker the strength; The more reimbursement, the poorer the country. " Advocate the separation of military and political affairs and take responsibility. He bought foreign guns, cannons and ships, which promoted the modernization of China's military weapons.
Zeng Guofan took great pains in the general plan of running the army, and advocated running the army with Confucianism, that is, educating officers and men with feudal ethics and training officers and men with benevolence, courtesy and loyalty as the foundation of running the army. His purpose is to maintain the morale of the army and cultivate a private army that is completely and absolutely subordinate to himself.