1. All the mediocre people in the world, ancient and modern, are defeated by the word "lazy"; the talents in the world, ancient and modern, are all defeated by the word "arrogant". ——Zeng Guofan

2. When scholars study, they must first be ambitious, secondly knowledgeable, and thirdly perseverant. If you have ambition, you will never be willing to be humble. If you have knowledge, you know that knowledge is endless, and you dare not be satisfied with just one thing. You are like a river boy looking at the sea, or a well frog looking at the sky, both of which have no knowledge. With perseverance, nothing can be accomplished. All three are indispensable. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from Zeng Guofan's Family"

3. The sky shines on the sea and there are countless flowers, and the flowing water and the high mountains make the heart know itself. ——Zeng Guofan

4. If you don’t love the past, you won’t love the present, and you won’t welcome the future. ——Zeng Guofan

5. When a mortal does something, he must concentrate on it with all his energy, without any change in thoughts. A person has no permanence and accomplishes nothing in his life. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from the Family of Zeng Guofan"

6. Those who are impatient will not have the sense of perseverance; those who are too fearful will not have outstanding views; those who are too lustful will not be generous; those who talk too much will have no substance. If you are brave, you will not have the elegance of literature. ——Zeng Guofan

7. Only the most sincerity in the world can defeat the most false in the world; only the most clumsy in the world can defeat the most skillful in the world. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from the Family of Zeng Guofan"

8. Quotations from Zeng Guofan: 1. To be disliked by others cannot be separated from the word arrogance. 2. Don’t be too smart. 3. To have a broad mind, you must learn from the word plain. 4. Those who enjoy great fame without reality will be in trouble. 5. Don’t criticize the ancients lightly. 6. Be still first, then think about it, and then do it with 50 or 60% confidence. 7. Start anew and reopen the world. 8. To be self-reliant, a man must be stubborn. 9. Being troubled and worried is the time to hone your heroes. 10. Don’t take credit for your merits, and don’t shirk blame for your mistakes. ——Zeng Guofan

9. There are four ways to look at people: be trustworthy, be unofficial, be organized, and rarely talk big. ——Zeng Guofan

10. A person who likes reading will not have bad character; a person with good character will not have bad luck in life. ——Zeng Guofan

11. Light wealth is enough to gather people, self-indulgence is enough to convince others, magnanimity is enough to win people, and being proactive is enough to lead people. ——Zeng Guofan

12. Keep your ambition, work hard, and work hard. No matter how big or small, you will succeed. ——Zeng Guofan

13. The sky can be mended, the sea can be filled, and the Nanshan Mountains can be moved. The sun and the moon have passed and cannot be traced back. ——Zeng Guofan

14. If you fight with suspicious people, nothing will happen. If you do things with beneficial people, you will suffer. ——Zeng Guofan

15. Don’t be afraid of being poor when you are young. ——Zeng Guofan

16. To look at the success or failure of a family, look at the first three places and what time the children and grandchildren sleep until. If you don’t get up until the sun has risen very high, it means this The family will slowly become slack; secondly, it depends on whether the descendants do housework, because the habit of hard work and labor affects a person for a lifetime; thirdly, it depends on whether the descendants are reading the classics of sages. Know". ——Zeng Guofan

17. If it is too soft, it will be weak, if it is too hard, it will break; hardness comes from softness, and softness can overcome hardness. ——Zeng Guofan

18. A diligent family will be prosperous, a diligent person will be thrifty, and he will never be poor. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from the Family of Zeng Guofan"

19. ①Don't do things that are of long-term benefit, and don't go to places where everyone is fighting for it; ②Don't abandon people with small evils and great beauty, and don't forget people with small grudges for their great kindness; ③Speak to others The shortcoming is to protect one's own shortcomings, and to praise one's own strengths is to avoid the strengths of others; ④ Benefits can be exploited but not alone, and planning can only be done by a few but not by many; ⑤ The mediocre people in the world, ancient and modern, all lead to defeat with one word of laziness. All the talented people in the world, ancient and modern, are defeated by the word "arrogance"; ⑥Whenever great things are accomplished, knowledge is the main factor and talent is the supplement. Man's plan is half of it and God's will is half of it. ——Zeng Guofan

20. If you are not a sage, you will be a beast; you don’t care about harvest, but about hard work. ——Zeng Guofan

21. Be content with the breadth of the world, but be greedy for the narrowness of the universe. ——Zeng Guofan "Zeng Wenzhenggong's Family Instructions"

22. Youth cannot endure good times, middle age cannot endure leisure, and old age cannot endure adversity. Zeng Guofan's theory of three realms of life.

——Zeng Guofan

23. Think big and start small.——Zeng Guofan www.SianDiAn.com

24. "The eternity of the ages will leave me alone. I will study again after returning from hundreds of battles." ——Zeng Guofan"

25. Being cautious and independent will make you feel at ease, respecting the master will make you strong, seeking benevolence will make people happy, and practicing hard work will make you divine. ——Zeng Guofan's "Book of Commandments"

26. Don't be alone in your merits, and don't shirk your faults! ——Zeng Guofan

27. If you have a broad mind, you should learn from the two words "flat" and "light". We must be flat when we are ordinary people, and be light when it comes to fame. The common people's minds will become wider and wider. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from Zeng Guofan's Family"

28. Get up at dawn, don't be clingy after waking up. ——Zeng Guofan

29. Those in high positions take it as their job to know people and things——Zeng Guofan

30. The world should focus on the big picture and start small.——Zeng Guofan "A Letter to Wu Zhu"

31. Half of the things in the world are caused by stimulation and force. ——Zeng Guofan

32. Wherever the ambition is, gold and stone are opened, who can control it? ——Zeng Guofan

33. Heroes have been around since ancient times. My grandfather taught people to regard the four words "cowardly and without strength" as a great shame, so a man must be stubborn to stand on his own feet. However, when tens of thousands of people are trapped under a fortified city, it is easiest to secretly display their strength. I am able to nourish the strong energy of tens of thousands of people without losing it for a long time. This is an extraordinary thing, and it is even more appropriate to make more efforts from now on. ——Zeng Guofan "Zeng Guofan's Family Letter"

34. There is no word for luxury when the family is ruined, there is no word for ease when people are ruined, and there is no word for arrogance when people are displeased. ——Zeng Guofan

35. Don’t act according to your heart, and don’t speak according to your mouth. ——Zeng Guofan

36. Don’t be afraid of poverty when you are young. ——Zeng Guofan

37. The sages and heroes of the ages, who are both treacherous and determined, have nothing more than the word "diligence". ——Zeng Guofan

38. There are things that can be done in life, and there are also things that cannot be done. If you can do something, you should try your best to do it. This is called doing your best. If you can't do something, you should do it with all your heart. This is called knowing your destiny. ——Zeng Guofan

39. A gentleman’s ambition must be measured by the people and things, and he must have the deeds of being a saint within and a king outside. Then he will not be dissatisfied with being born to his parents, and he will be worthy of being a perfect man in heaven and earth. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from Zeng Guofan's Family"

40. Think big, act small, keep your mouth shut when in groups, keep your heart when alone - Zeng Guofan

41. Treat your relatives with love for your wife, Then there is no way to go without filial piety. If you blame yourself with the same intention of blaming others, you will make few mistakes. If you forgive others with the same heart that you forgive yourself, then you will be friends with everyone. ——Zeng Guofan

42. When everything is extremely difficult, the one who can get through it is the hero. ——Zeng Guofan

43. The hero who established a business and reunified the country in the prosperous times took open-mindedness as his first priority; the hero who rescued people in danger in the last days took hard work as his first priority. ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from Zeng Guofan's Family"

44. Diligence and thrift have never failed. Arrogant, extravagant and tired, there is no way to be invincible! ——Zeng Guofan's "Letter from the Family of Zeng Guofan"

45. To live a life without seeking wealth, to study without seeking an official position, to cultivate virtue without seeking reward, to write without seeking biography, is like drinking without getting drunk, and enjoying yourself happily, which contains I didn't understand what I wanted to say, and I forgot what I wanted to say. ——Zeng Guofan

46. Working hard is like digging a well. Instead of digging several wells but none of them can reach the spring, how about always guarding one well, striving to reach the spring and using it inexhaustibly? ——Zeng Guofan

47. The way of heaven prohibits cleverness, retreat without fighting, and seek without tricks. ——Zeng Guofan

48. Don’t welcome the future, don’t mess with the present, and don’t think about the past. ——Zeng Guofan's "War in Tianjing"

49. You can't stand poverty, you can't stand up, you can't stand humiliation, you can't do anything. ——Zeng Guofan

50. Gather everyone’s private interests and make the world public. ——Zeng Guofan