Day 29|Week 5-1

Daoguang wrote to Wendi Yuandi on March 1th, 24th

Comments:

No one is perfect, and nothing is perfect.

imperfection is the theme of life. If you pursue perfection too much, the distance will not be far away.

The afternoon sun shines for a while, but it is not long before sunset; The moon on the disk is not far from the deficit. This is a natural phenomenon, but Zeng extended it to the way of self-cultivation. Too much pursuit of fame and wealth is a sign of fierceness.

Throughout the ages, people who miss these things really seldom come to a good end.

fortune depends on misfortune. If you are blessed, don't be stingy, be generous and share with others. When you are in a bad situation, you should reflect on what you have done badly and improve yourself. Only in this way can we keep ourselves in a state of continuous growth.

Being able to realize that life is incomplete is a kind of wisdom of life, and you will be more grateful for life.

if you don't want to be considerate, you are considerate.

Day 3|Week 5-2

comment from Daoguang to Wendi Yuandi on the 1th day of March, 24th:

If you decide to do something well and show kindness, you need to do it with all your might. Don't procrastinate and hesitate.

if you procrastinate, you will stop yourself from doing things with selfish distractions, and finally good things will be done into bad things. Or finally things are done, but their own costs are exceptionally large.

once you want to do something, you need this kind of high-spirited ability and courage, and you can do it beautifully from beginning to end in one go. This is what we call the spirit.

To decide to lose weight, write an article or read a book. Then act immediately.

Day 31|Week 5-3

Daoguang wrote to Wendi Yuandi on March 1th, 24th

Comments:

You don't have to be greedy to read and write every day. It is impossible to eat a big fat man. You can read a few pages and write some words every day.

it's relatively simple to do these two days a day. But it's hard to keep doing this every day. The so-called perseverance, in fact, is to keep doing things on a bit.

meaningless things have meaning if they persist for a long time.

Zeng Guofan also talked about specialization here. It doesn't matter if you read a book for a long time, but being able to concentrate on reading this book is the best treatment for this book. In the end, reading from the east to the west is just a little bit, and you can't get the essence from it.

Day 32|Week 5-4

Daoguang wrote to Wendi and Yuandi on the 1th day of March, 24th

Comments:

No matter whether you are writing poetry or ancient prose, just pick up a pen and write. Don't think that if you are afraid of writing badly, you will not do it if you write ugly. Don't do it when you are young. In the future, when you get older, you will be even more embarrassed, and you will be afraid of making a fool of yourself and not doing these things.

to do something is to do it while you are young.

thousands of changes will never leave the original element. Although there are many kinds of arts, the truth and laws are the same. As long as you master a skill and learn the ways and methods, you can learn other skills quickly.

Big Ben and Big Yuan means the root and essence of things (see the big Ben and Big Yuan of Zeng Guofan's thought). When you understand the essence of the matter, your heart will have an anchor point, so that everything in the world will be complicated, and you will not be floating in the air, but you can always move forward in your firm direction.

how to grasp the essence of things and grasp their development laws and changes? Zeng Guofan actually gave us a method here. That is to know one skill, think hard and sum up more, so that you can understand it.

Day 33|Week 5-5

Daoguang wrote to Wendi and Yuandi on the 1th day of March, 24th.

Five proverbs, namely, Determined Proverbs, Ju Jing Proverbs, Zhu Jing Proverbs, Cautious Proverbs and You Heng Proverbs, are Zeng Guofan's comments to himself. Zeng Guofan is an active promoter of Neo-Confucianism, so he pays attention to the cultivation of mind and nature.

this preface is written in front of the five proverbs, which is worth talking about.

The first sentence has the same meaning as the sentence that we often write, Time flies, years have passed in an instant. At my age, the ancients have learned, and I am still mediocre, which really makes people feel sad.

If you don't make some changes now, you can foresee that your mundane chores will disturb you every day and there will be no peace. My virtue and wisdom are still regressing. This declining situation is not impossible.

"My husband's illness makes him wise, but his leisure makes him die" should be a rewriting of "Worry and fatigue can rejuvenate the country, and leisure can make him die". It is said that having a sense of hardship is helpful to your own taste, but if you enjoy ease, it will be harmful for life. I'm still a middle school student, but my life is comfortable and fast, and I really need to wake up. Now we should cheer up hard and create five proverbs as our motto to alert ourselves at all times.

This preface is relatively short, but it explains many things clearly. Zeng Guofan's skill in writing can be seen.

From this preface, we can also see Zeng Guofan's attitude of reflecting on his own life. He is not satisfied with his comfortable life, so he has to go out of the comfort zone and constantly challenge his unknown side. This spiritual power has been running through Zeng Guofan's future life.

people who can achieve great things are those who dare to reflect on themselves and make changes.

Attachment: Appreciation of the Preface of Five Proverbs in Zeng Guofan's Letters

Day 34|Week 5-6

Comment from Daoguang to Wendi Yuandi on the 1th day of March, 24th

This is the first of the Five Proverbs, and I am determined to be a Proverbs. There are many written expressions in it, which need to be explained in order to understand the meaning.

Here are the comments given on the Internet:

[1], Huang Huang, an ancient philosopher: Huang Huang, bright and vivid, which means outstanding. First, ancestors. Zhe, a smart and talented person.

[2], Peter is not a Jew: Peter: They. Y: Still.

[3], reserved Yan: reserved, small, naive. Yan, pronoun, equivalent to it.

[4], abandoning the sky and dying is a disaster: dying, happiness. Yes, demonstrative pronouns, this, this, and so on.

[5], regret is accumulated for thousands of years, and it has finally ended: regret, disaster. Thousand is a lot of metaphors. Finally, finally, finally. Yes, over.

[6], the lotus road is bowed, and it is said in words: lotus, bear. Tao, truth. Bow, body Yu, public opinion.

[7], Yong yafu: arrow, integrity, correctness. F (ú), no. Xuān, cheating, cheating.

after reading these explanations, you should get a general idea. Let's talk about the meaning of a sentence here: the lotus road bows, and the words are spoken. The explanation given by Mr. Feng Tang is:

I agree with this explanation. Here, with the words of Mr. Feng Tang, let's talk about it again.

Zeng Guofan is the kind of person with firm perseverance. When he recognizes the truth, he will devote himself to it, and will not just stay in writing or verbally, and roll up his sleeves and do it.

At the same time, Zeng Guofan was not a reckless person. In this process, sum up the experience, methods or lessons of doing things, and write to my younger brothers to share them, so that my younger brothers can take fewer detours.

reflect on yourself, improve your business ability, and help others to achieve others with your summarized methodology. This style of work is also an essential ability for a leading personality.

success is your own success; To achieve great things is to help others succeed.

Day 35|Week 5-7

Comment by Daoguang to Wendi Yuandi on the 1th day of March, 24th:

Here we refer to Zeng Guofan's Reading and Being a Man written by Mr. Zhang Hongjie and the online materials to simply translate this proverb:

Heaven and earth have their own definite positions, and the five elements of Yin and Yang give birth to life. Heaven and earth people (three talents) match together like the three feet of a tripod. Be respectful and clean like a sacrifice, and your life will be condensed. If you are not dignified, you will ruin your life and destroy your nature.

who can neglect? Which thing can be relaxed? People who procrastinate and relax about things will surely accomplish nothing; Those who neglect others will in turn despise you. Even if people don't do this, it will help us to be proud.

if we can't treat people with humility and awe, it's just that others despise you and look down on you; Even fate will severely punish you.

I think the point of this proverb is: Who can be slow? What can be relaxed? He who slacks things gets nowhere, and he who slows things down goes back on his word. Feng Tang's "Success" also has an understanding of this.

slow down and despise arrogance. Chi, slack off. People are not divided into three classes, and things are not prioritized. The attitude towards them is humble and respectful, and they do not despise, neglect or delay.

treating people and things is a daily life that we have to face every day. Being slow in these details will give people a good impression, build your own brand power and make people feel that you are a very reliable person. Is a trustworthy person.

during his tenure as governor of liangjiang, whenever a scholar came to see him and gave him advice, Zeng treated him respectfully and listened attentively, although some suggestions would not be needed. People in such high positions and busy people can do these details, and we can do them if we implement them seriously.

if you want to have a good ability to do things and good interpersonal relationships, you need to start from scratch.