I have always been unwilling to read about the history of the late Qing Dynasty, nor to understand the characters of that era. After all, this is a period of humiliating history in which the country's power is gradually weakening, the great powers are eyeing it, and they have signed treaties that undermine power and humiliate the country. It makes people feel sad to read it. By chance, I read Li Bo's commentary on Zeng Guofan's family motto, and I felt like I had met him very late.
How many modern people are worried about their children’s education, how many are tired of family affairs and exhausted mentally and physically. You might as well read Zeng Guofan’s family motto commented by Professor Li Bo. It is not as awkward as ancient Chinese, and Respecting history and analyzing the essence of Zeng Guofan's family motto in a simple and easy-to-understand way is most suitable for those of us who have weak knowledge of ancient literature. Various educational theories and various tutoring methods of modern education experts. It turns out that our ancestors have already done the essential and comprehensive work. summary. With this book in hand, all family education problems and self-cultivation problems have been solved. Due to time constraints, I just read the upper part and I feel I have benefited a lot. There are three main points that impressed me deeply:
1. Reading changes destiny
Zeng Guofan was born in a peasant family and was not very talented. How could he become a great scholar in the late Qing Dynasty? Reading is an important factor. When he was young, Zeng Guofan failed in the imperial examination and used 100 taels of silver he borrowed to buy a set of Twenty-Three Histories, which shows his obsession with books. He said this in his family letter: "When we study, there are only two things: one is to improve morality, in order to be born without anger, and the other is to cultivate one's career, in order to defend oneself." We know that Zeng Guofan is a personal believer. And people with very strong beliefs, the reason why he can form these beliefs comes entirely from reading. Zeng Guofan summarized three main reading methods: read classics; read no new books without exhausting them; and cultivate personal interest and direction in reading. These three points are very worthy of reference by us modern people.
2. The power of introspection
Zeng Guofan not only "studyed every day of his life", but his efforts in cultivating his moral character are worthy of praise from future generations. The 32-year-old Zeng Guofan wrote the famous "Twelve Points of Daily Lessons": worship; sit quietly; get up early; read well; read history; know one's death every day; remember what one can do every month; speak carefully; nourish one's energy; protect one's health. ; Writing words; not going out at night; The most valuable thing is that from the night he wrote it to the end of his life, he did it almost perfectly, which is also the most amazing thing about Zeng Guofan. He summed it up in one word-----Heng. Zeng Guofan has a famous saying, "As long as one has perseverance, anything can be accomplished." With this kind of perseverance and perseverance, who can match it? This spirit of introspection and perseverance are so worth learning from!
3. Superb tutoring level
Zeng Guofan is also very famous for his family management. The eight-character motto "Books, vegetables, fish and pigs, early examination and examination of treasures" is his treasure house management. Zeng Guofan required every child of the Zeng family to practice hard and persevere, and he took the lead in doing so meticulously. When it came to educating his children, he even spared time from his busy official duties to understand their children's learning and thinking. , accompany his children to study the knowledge they are interested in. Even if he is not good at this knowledge, he can still try his best to learn a little bit. Under his words and deeds, the children of the Zeng family have become talented from generation to generation. The descendants of Zeng Guofan, Among great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren, there are many scientists, educators and social activists. No matter what their jobs are, they can always demonstrate the achievements of family education and the glory of family inheritance with their noble personalities and conduct.
When we modern people learn from Zeng Guofan, I think the most important thing is to learn from his spirit of hard work and practice. ————————————
Everyone longs for a happy home, but no matter how warm a home is, there will be chores, gossip, and even small fights. As the saying goes, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. In a family, how should parents educate their children? As children, how should we be filial to our parents? How can a family continue to prosper and pass on? As early as more than a hundred years ago, Zeng Guofan gradually realized a lot of wisdom in running a family through letters with his family.
His concept of family is:
Zeng Guofan believes that family is the basis of life. He has a famous saying: "Sixty percent of whether a child is wise or not is based on nature, and four percent is due to family education." Whether a person can achieve success or not depends on his family education. Whether you have a noble personality or not is 40% determined by your family environment. So he saw it more clearly and decided that the small environment was the family environment, so he gave their Zeng family's old house a name. What was it called? It's called Bahondo. The Zeng family, after renovating the old house and building a new house, had to put a plaque on the door. Now that you go to Hunan, it has been renamed Fuhoutang. Later, the name was changed by his son Zeng Jize. What was the original name given by Zeng Guofan? Eight main halls. Why? He said that there are eight fundamentals in life: "Reading is based on exegesis, poetry is based on tone, doing business is based on pleasing relatives, maintaining health is based on being less angry, establishing oneself is based on not telling lies, and staying at home is based on not getting up easily. The principle of being an official is not to need money, and the principle of marching is not to disturb the people." This is explained from all aspects of regulating the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world, and describes the eight fundamentals of life.