Letters from Zeng Guofan is a collection of Zeng Guofan's letters, which is a vivid reflection of Zeng Guofan's life-long way of managing the family, studying and dealing with the world, and embodies his personal cultivation and spiritual realm. There are many wise sayings among them, which are valuable spiritual wealth for future generations.

There is a saying:

Family failure is inseparable from luxury, people failure is inseparable from escape, and people failure is inseparable from arrogance.

Diligence is the foundation of running a family, which is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Looking at the countries and families of the sages of the past, they turned from frugality to extravagance. Throughout history, countries and enterprises are like this, and so are individuals.

The life of the older generation in our country is very simple. Many people wear patched clothes for many years. But it is their diligence and thrift that have laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of China. Now that we are rich, the virtue of thrift has been abandoned by many people, which is by no means a good thing in the long run.

Born in sorrow, died in happiness. The sense of hardship is a sense of responsibility, and it is the embodiment of being responsible for yourself and others. Bill Gates said: "Microsoft is only 18 months away from bankruptcy forever." Ren wrote "Winter in Huawei" when Huawei's profits rose, which made the sense of hardship form a culture in the whole company.

It is this sense of urgency that has enabled these large enterprises to survive one crisis after another and stand firm. Too comfortable life, no sense of urgency, will abolish a person sooner or later. Therefore, in our comfortable days, we should always remind ourselves to keep moving forward.

Arrogance is the easiest trap for a person to fall into after making achievements. Zeng Guofan was very conceited when he was young, which left him a profound lesson. He always reminds himself and his family to take a warning. For example, after he was appointed Governor of Two Rivers, he wrote to his younger brother, repeatedly stressing modesty and prudence.

Zeng Guofan believes that all smart people in the world are basically defeated by one word "pride". But many people mistake arrogance for self-confidence and hurt others without knowing it. Zeng Guofan told us that arrogance is the most annoying thing, which makes people's interpersonal relationships tense and is also a stumbling block to hinder people from moving forward to a higher platform.